Isn’t this the core understanding of what love is all about—to sacrifice, to give of ourselves for the sake of the beloved? Perhaps this is a reason why we build cathedrals and churches that are as beautiful as we can make them. They are not so much a places for us to meet as they are home for the living presence of Jesus.
J. R. R. Tolkien, the British university professor and author who gave us The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, once wrote to a friend. “I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament.”
Our prayer today:
Peter W. Yaremko, a former journalist, is the owner of Executive Media, Inc. and is a specialist in executive communications. He attends St. Peter the Apostle Church in Provincetown, Massachusetts and blogs at peterwyaremko.com/paradise_diaries.