If, instead, love becomes self-centered, ie, if the person loves himself rather than anyone else, then, it comes up as selfishness. Love won’t be real or tested unless we somehow live close to the disadvantaged, who frankly teach us that we know very little about love.

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By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. John of the Cross to María de la Encarnación, July 6, 1591, in The Collected Works of John of the Cross, trans, Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez (Washington, DC: ICS Publications, 1979), 703. After two years of happy marriage, with Her husband's blessings, She left Her marriage in pursuit of enlightenment, thus fulfilling an ideal that had been with Her since Her childhood. 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Adapted from Richard Rohr, Essential Teachings on Love, selected by Joelle Chase and Judy Traeger (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2018), 182–183. It is, therefore, time that mankind understood this diagnosis of the ailments from which mankind presently suffers and set to cure itself by purifying its emotion of love by means of meditation and inculcation of divine qualities. Or in the people from European countries who travel to the train stations holding signs saying how many they can accommodate in their home and taking them in. She goes on to urge us to turn our love into action to protect the meek, voiceless animals as well as all those who are in need.

How do we tend our inner flame so we can stand in solidarity with the world without burning up or out? This year the Daily Meditations will explore contemplation as a way to build Radical Resilience so we can stand in solidarity with the world without burning up or burning out.Image credit: Carrie Grace Littauer, Untitled 11 (detail), 2022, photograph, Colorado, used with permission. We thank You that we can offer just this one prayer and that will be more than enough, because in reality every thing and every one is connected, and nothing stands alone.