Category Archives: A Prodigious Love

A Prodigious Love: Because I Love You

"He said, 'Why do you do this?' And I said, 'Because I love you.' " Mother Teresa explaining to a man lying in the streets of Calcutta why she is caring for him. There is something terribly wrong with the expression, "It is better to give than to receive." It suggests that "receiving" is somehow…
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A Prodigious Love: Eucharistía

At the Last Supper the Gospel of Luke says Jesus "gave thanks" (eucharistía in Greek) despite knowing that betrayal and death soon awaited him. In that emotionally charged moment Jesus still found the courage to be thankful. At the Last Supper Jesus also told his disciples to celebrate the Eucharist "in memory of me." Perhaps…
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Prodigious Love: Quiet Surrender

Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, Quae sub his figuris vere latitas; Tibi se cor meum totum subjicit, Quia te contemplans totum deficit. - Eucharistic hymn of St. Thomas Aquinas I devoutly adore you, O hidden Deity, Truly hidden beneath these appearances; My whole heart submits to You, And in contemplating You, it surrenders itself completely.…
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A Prodigious Love: Never Alone

The Last Supper was a bittersweet meal for Jesus and his apostles. You can hear the sadness in Jesus' words when he says, "Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." However, Jesus also offers his…
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