This is David, a good boy I blessed today among many other animals. He just seemed to want to stay with me after the blessing.
#blessingoftheanimals#StFrancisOfAssisi
Compassion which seeks to eliminate all suffering always leads to destruction
We were made to suffer. We were made to grow from suffering.
Our efforts to alleviate all human suffering, have led to a kind of group psychosis defined by fear and irrationality.
Compassion should lead us to walk with people in suffering and love them there, seeking to lead them to truth and healing.
In short, compassion can, and should sometimes lead us to challenge the individual to change, not reshape the world around them.
Happy Feast day!
The Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
Today’s gospel reading includes John 3:16, for God so loved the world…message from our Holy father @Pontifex
Lots of people at church this weekend that aren’t usually there.
I think we intuitively know that God is closest to the brokenhearted, and that knowledge compels us to run to him in our pain.