Monday, October 29, 2012

An old legend


There is an old legend,
most likely made up and not true,
(historically, anyway)
that near the end of his life
Saint John the evangelist
preached only one homily over and over:
"Children, love one another." (cf. I John 3: 18)
When his hearers began to tire of this repetitive, albeit short, homily,
one of the members of his community
asked him why he preached only this homily.
Saint John responded,
"Well, it doesn't appear to that anyone has mastered the message yet."

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