Love one another is not so simple!

Today is the first Sunday of November, last night we turned our clocks back, Tuesday we hold a presidential election, and today in church we focused on God's commandant to "love one another as I have loved you".

I have always been very fond of this scripture passage. It's such a simple phrase but very hard to live.  We let our political and religious views get in the way of this simple act of faith.

Although I know this is very idealist,  my hope for this world, time and place, would be to sit down at a round table, share a meal, and really listen to each other as we share our hopes, dreams and aspirations for humanity.  I believe then there would be no need for war, there would be no poverty, and all would live as Christ  ask.  It wouldn't matter if we were Christian, Jew, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Morman or Atheist. Nor would our skin color, nationality, ethnicity, etc. matter at all.

This kind of love calls us to love unconditionally.  It is a love that ask us to love our enemies and our neighbor. To love as God loves us!!  It is a love of intimacy, honesty, integrity, respect and trust. It is a love that surpasses all others. It calls us to lay down our life for a friend.  To love like this is hard.

Instead we live in a world of I am right and you are wrong.  This way of living creates division, prejudice, mean-spirited attitudes, and the list goes on and on.  Basically we refuse to really listen and compromise for the common good.   God never promised it would be easy.  I just wish we would practice this kind of love instead of giving it lip service.

As a mother, I tired to teach and practice the value and importance of love  to Liam, Rory, and Keefe. As my sons move out into the world and experience the blessed variety of life that God has to offer, I hope that they will live their lives based on this love that God has ask of us.  A love that will prompt them to show compassion and merciful love to all of God's creatures , great and small.


Semper Fi!