Teresa, Diane Q, Pam O. and I all agree, Tattoos on the Heart, is an exceptionally inspiring read.
Father Greg Boyle, S.J., founder of Homeboy Industries, is the perfect example of living Christ's message of love for all. In his book he documents, with heart and humor, his work with gang members, all the while, personifying compassion.
These words are from an interview with him:
All of us are blind to things from time to time, but I suspect the biggest thing we don’t see and can’t always feel is how God delights in us. Fr. Greg Boyle, S.J., quotes Anthony de Mello, who wrote about how we might meditate on how much God loves us: “Behold the one beholding you, and smiling.” Fr. Greg adds, “It is precisely because we have such overactive disapproval glands ourselves, that we tend to create God in our own image. It is truly hard for us to see the truth that disapproval does not seem to be any part of God’s DNA. God is just too busy loving us to have any time for disappointment.”
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