Happenings (page 27)

Giving is an attitude of the heart. It is trusting that open hands will always trump closed fists.

This quality of agapao is not an emotion. It is an action initiated by a choice of will. It is deciding and choosing to love. 

We are called to respond with the same graciousness and generosity as the Giver of all gifts.

Being a servant is not a role as much as it is an attitude. Being a servant is not about groveling at the feet of the Master. Much more, it is an attitude of the heart. Jesus was calling us to a state of being, not a role in society.

Wealth is not what we own. Wealth is what owns us.

It is when people are most broken that we, the Church, need to be most welcoming.  

What Jesus is calling us to do is to root out sin in our lives at its very core. He is calling us to more than a recitation of a grocery list of sins in a confessional. He is calling us to a deep introspection of why we do the things we do.