Fr. Jim Hast, OFM Cap., Associate Director of the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit, MI, recently reflected: “Humans,” he says, “spend eternity drawing lines that include and exclude, and God spends eternity erasing those lines.”
What
is behind all the energy spent to draw lines and erect fences? What
drives us to let some in and keep others out? Do we fear harm? Do we
worry that we will experience some kind of danger or loss?
What is behind God’s desire to erase those lines and unite people?
God’s nature seeks to include and draw all into His love where there is
no dividing line. Perhaps the more we move
into God’s love, the less we find a need to notice the fences in our
life that divide us.
Prayer: Let us grow to look at the world
with the eyes of Christ, who suffered, died and rose that ALL
might be saved.
Excerpts from a blog by Sally McCuen
Hospitality Coordinator of Solanus Casey Center
Copyright 2013 Solanus Casey Center