“Do as I have done”
An article in National Geographic several years ago provided a penetrating picture of genuine ‘love’.
After a fire in Yellowstone National Park , forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage. All the birds had flown away. But one bird did not. Later, one ranger found a bird literally burnt into ashes. Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he did that, three tiny chicks were found under their dead mother's wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring down to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise.
She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. When the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast, because she was willing to die, for the little ones under her wings to live.
What a contrast to the news that appeared in a daily news paper. Husband had a heated argument with his wife about something; and he throttled his two year old son to death. Genuine love is altruistic and it knows no limits. It does not count the cost. “Greater love than this no man has; to lay down ones life for another.” Dear Friends we are safe under His wings, and His love for us is unchanging and everlasting. He exhorts us; “do as I have done.”
Fr. Chris...
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