"Man and woman are made in the image of God, and yet one constant temptation is to see in others not an image crafted by God but an idol crafted by ourselves. What do I mean by this? It is dangerously easy to harbor misapprehensions and faulty judgments concerning other people we interact with - or, at times more perilously, other people we don't interact with. In either case, whether through an awkward half-awareness or through a notional familiarity which leaves unquestioned unflattering impressions, we can go on for tremendous lengths of time without taking or having the opportunity to correct our misunderstandings of another person. . . ."
In a recent commentary, Brother Innocent Smith, O.P., reflected on the difference between human love and divine love and on how, though the gift of the Holy Spirit who has been given to us, we can be lifted up from merely human love to a sharing in God’s mode of loving.
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Dominicana: I am not who you think I am (11 SEP 14)
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