"Have you ever seen the crazy look in a serious athlete's eyes? There is a gear in that mind that is not in most, one that makes him unsatisfied with mediocrity. He doesn't want to be good, he wants to be the greatest, and he is willing to push through extremes to become just that.
"It is a look that knows no limits and keeps striving to be better and better. There is no extreme to becoming the best.
"Sound insane? Well, I wish that we could all have this desire for greatness when it comes to the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. . . ."In a recent commentary, Brother Vincent Mary Bernhard, O.P., reflected on how faith, hope, and charity are gifts from God that "orient and conform us to his own divine life" and on how they "make our drive for greatness operate on a supernatural level/"
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Dominicana: Crazy Eyes (20 OCT 20)
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