“All you need is love” is what The Beatles say. From one perspective, it’s true. Augustine says, “Love, do as you will.” But Matthew’s Gospel brings a different perspective this morning, where he says to his apostles, “I haven’t come to bring peace to the earth, but I have come to bring the sword. There will be tensions - even in families - if you choose me first.” Then he says, “Unless you take up your cross and follow me, you are not worthy.”
Perhaps it’s a sense of balance – that Saint Benedict said, “Moderation in all things.” Maybe as we look at our own life, we see the love aspect, but we also see the give aspect – self-giving; the denial of self in taking up whatever cross might be ours today.
It’s moderation in all things.
Monsignor Daniel Hoye
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