The dictionary gives the meaning of 'passion' as : powerful emotion, fervour, determination, the suffering of Jesus leading up to and during HIS Crucifixion, enduring of imposed pain, an innate quality, ardour, fire in the belly, zeal, etc. 'Passion' is a natural component of the human psyche that forms the passageway and ensure the connection between the life of the senses and the life of the mind. Our Lord called one's heart the source from which the passion springs. In itself 'passion' is neither good nor evil. It is morally qualified only to the extent that it effectively engages reason and will. Passions are morally good when they contribute to a good action and evil in the opposite case. In the Christian life, the Holy Spirit accomplishes HIS work by mobilizing the whole being, with all its passions, as is visible in the Lord's Life, Agony, Passion, Death and Resurrection.
(Ref. CCC 1764-1769)
(Ref. CCC 1764-1769)
Prayer :
Christ, my Role Model, instil in me the most fundamental passion, YOUR Love. May I have a passion for YOU and for YOUR ways. Help me to love - to always will the good of the other. May all my attitudes and actions have their source in genuine movements of my heart for the good.
God is at work.
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