tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913587525785298444.post5885247420016895876..comments2023-05-13T04:58:46.682-05:00Comments on mashena: Sacrificial LoveNicolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12416478929643863722noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8913587525785298444.post-55410542470964867342010-10-20T00:40:51.093-05:002010-10-20T00:40:51.093-05:00Speaking purely from my observation of the lives o...Speaking purely from my observation of the lives of Jesus and the Saints, I think both poems are excellent descriptions of sacrificial love. My perspective is that our responses and ways in which we demonstrate a love like Jesus displayed during his life is going to vary given the circumstances as well as our own dispositions and particular gifts/talents/role in the Church. <br /><br />Throughout history we have had no shortage of devout, holy people who have lived out a sacrificial love...but the way in which they went about it was uniquely their own. You have St. Augustine, a bold and assertive man who minced no words when defending the faith against heretics and schismatics. On the other end of the spectrum you have the mild and meek St. Therese, the Little Flower, who would rather remain silent and even physically flee from many unjust situations in which she was tempted to defend or explain herself than say something that could possibly disturb her peace later. But they were each fulfilling very different vocations, one being a Bishop of the Church and the other a cloistered Carmelite nun. :)<br /><br />I think, ultimately, to know and be at peace with how we should respond requires a great deal of humble prayer so that God can illuminate us with His wisdom and discernment. For me, just where I am right now, God is teaching me to live out sacrificial love more as described by the Dying to Self poem. Probably because that's always been the hardest thing for me...remaining silent and undisturbed when I've been wronged/I'm not the center of the universe. :p<br /><br />I still have so far to go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com