Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. (1 Jn 4:7-10)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010422.cfm
One of the more remarkable teachings about God and us in all the Scriptures: God is love and everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Perhaps it is just that simple. Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821) was a teacher at heart and is credited with being the founder of the parochial school system in the United States. Today’s carol is Duerme No Llores (Sleep, Don’t Cry).
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious, January 4 (USA)
