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Living in the Spirit...
Dear Friends,
Today's commentary has turned out to be doubly interesting for me as yesterday I was reading Chapter Three of Clive Hamilton's book, "The Freedom Paradox — towards a post-secular ethics" which seeks to analyse the three types of happiness we human beings aspire to: the pleasant life; the good life; and the meaningful life.
In today's commentary Dick Westley argues: "Clearly, human love is what matters, there can be no true spirituality without it. A moment's reflection on our lives reveals to us that the way the Holy Spirit works in our lives is precisely through "human" love. Through human love the Spirit breaks the strangle-hold of individualism on our lives and links us to one another. ... By linking us all together, Spirit ultimately links us to God. It is through the work of Spirit in our lives that our isolation ends and we become joined to one another and subsequently to God. That is the central message of Catholicism/Christianity." <Link to Dick Westley's commentary> |
