To Be Continued...

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What you love

We have been talking about a variety of topics this year so far in my Just Faith class through Saint Michael's Parish, learning about how to respond as practicing Christians and Catholics to church teaching on issues like: poverty, racism and now consumerism. It's interesting to reflect on consumerism around the Christmas season and it is definitely a place I see for improvement in my own life. The following was the opening prayer on Monday. It really touched me:

Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute way.

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.

It will decide what gets you out of bed in the morning,
what you do with your evening, how you spend your weekends,
what you read, who you know,
what breaks your heart,
and what amazes you with
joy and gratitude.

Fall in love,
Stay in love,
and it will decide everything.

-Pedro Arrupe