Epiphany 7 (A) + Love maturity perfection + 2.23.14
www.bbc.co.uk (Your Paintings: Lives of the Hermits) M. Campbell-Langdell All Santos, Oxnard (Lev. 19:1–2, 9–18; Ps. 119:33–40; 1 Cor. 3:10–11, 16–23; Mat. 5:38–48) O Lord, you have taught us that without love whatever we do is worth nothing… Let me tell you a mystery. “… Abba Macarius while he was in Egypt discovered a man who owned a beast of burden engaged in plundering Macarius' goods. So he came up to the thief as if he was a stranger and he helped him to load the animal. He saw him off in great peace of soul saying, 'We have brought nothing into this world, and we cannot take anything out of the world.'(1Tim.6:7) 'The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.'(Job 1:21)” [1] You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. For those of you familiar with JRR Tolkien’s Hobbit and Lord of the Rings trilogy, you may have been struck by the many acts of Christian charity subtly portrayed in t...