Love Is...

"Love is an act of the will, in which you choose another's good over your own." JPII

Today Michelle and I went to Catholic Underground. The group meets once a month (accept for summers) to have Vespers, and hour of Eucharistic Adoration, and some form of entertainment after. This gather, which presents and obvious spiritual need for young adults in the city is always PACKED!!

Brother Columbo, one of the CFRs usually is part of the group that plays music, and he often presents somewhat of a guided reflection. What he talked about as they continued to play "This is love song," was obvious the need for love in our life. The need to talk about it, to have it, to feel it, etc. This message is clear in the movies, music, everywhere we look. But if God is love, then that presents something, doesn't it? ...there is an obvious need for God in the world, and that the presents two things. The idea that we will never have that need for love fulfilled here (desire for eternity)....the other is that love is a choice. That it's not based on feeling because 'feeling' is not always there. And it is when 'feeling' is missing, that the the CHOICE to love is most important.

That is an awesome nugget of wisdom that is not only important but necessary for life, for ANY purpose/vocation. For religious life, marriage, being single, etc. The choice to love and be about the good of others is ALWAYS important...

That's enough about that for now, just food for thought!