22nd November

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3, 16

The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. Galatians 2, 20

Man needs love

A magazine publishes unbearable photographs made in an orphanage in Rumania. These show thin children with an empty look who are sucking their thumbs while waiting for what kind of future? The article after these photographs explains that their principal problem is not really a lack of care but a lack of love.

In fact every human being needs love from the cradle to his last sigh. You also know the need of affection sometimes only the need to tell somebody something in confidence to speak to somebody else about one's distress even if in advance you know that nobody can help you. Maybe sometimes you have dreamt of God whom you don't know well maybe could be interested in you; but the idea of your sins has led you to conclude that he can only punish you.