Real quick...
I know I told all y'all to yell at me if I was on here again but I literally just got home from church so I haven't even changed out of my chuch clothes yet and I just had to *squee*! ... Is it weird that I'm squeeing about church? I hadn't realized how much I missed going until I went back. I think it was mostly because of Fr. Tim. He was one of my dad's best friends so I've know him my whole life and he, unlike most of the other priests, has this huge booming voice that just commands attention and he gets really into his homilies and his excitement is just catching! He is a really great speaker and he never fails to make me either laugh or cry. He also has really great stories that he loves to share. He told one today about this couple that was going to get married (and I actually kind of wish I had a transcript of his entire homily from today to share with all of you because it was seriously that amazing and I don't know if my re-telling just a small part of it is going to do it justice).
Anyway, the woman wanted to be sure that the man she was going to marry really loved her, because it's an easy thing to say but to truly mean it, so she asked him to tell her what hurts her. He replied, "How can I know what hurts you?" And she told him that if he truly loved her he would would know what hurts her and makes her sad because he would empathize and feel it too... I don't know if I'm conveying this well at all... this is why I don't write/tell stories... but withing the entire homily it was really beautiful and powerful and made me stop and think.
He also talked about how we should love everyone no matter their differences in belief, color, etc. and anyone in the Church who teaches differently is not preaching the will of God because if you do not love your neighbors than you can not love God... and that made me think of how my mom is kinda homophobic and I'm obviously not but it just makes me sad how she judges people :(
Ok, really going to work on that audiobook now!
Anyway, the woman wanted to be sure that the man she was going to marry really loved her, because it's an easy thing to say but to truly mean it, so she asked him to tell her what hurts her. He replied, "How can I know what hurts you?" And she told him that if he truly loved her he would would know what hurts her and makes her sad because he would empathize and feel it too... I don't know if I'm conveying this well at all... this is why I don't write/tell stories... but withing the entire homily it was really beautiful and powerful and made me stop and think.
He also talked about how we should love everyone no matter their differences in belief, color, etc. and anyone in the Church who teaches differently is not preaching the will of God because if you do not love your neighbors than you can not love God... and that made me think of how my mom is kinda homophobic and I'm obviously not but it just makes me sad how she judges people :(
Ok, really going to work on that audiobook now!