Something Great That Is Love (XII): The Vocation to Marriage
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“The beauty of the vocation to form a Christian family brings with it a call to holiness that is not second-class, but first-class.”
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“Our Lord has crossed our paths”
Self-giving is the first step along the road of sacrifice, joy, love, union with God. And thus, a whole life is filled with a holy madness which makes us encounter happiness where human logic would only see denial, suffering, pain. (Furrow, 2)
Like Our Lord, I too am fond of talking about fishing boats and nets, so that we may all draw clear and decisive resolutions from the Gospel scenes. St Luke tells us of some fishermen washing and mending their nets by the shores of Lake Genesareth. Jesus comes up to the boats tied up alongside and goes into one of ...
