The phrase that grabbed me was the basic goodness in human beings. Of course we have all witnessed evil and the terrible suffering evil people, like our pirate in the readings, have inflicted on others. I have hurt others, especially the ones I love. Most people have, but not like the pirate. Most people are good and most help one another. I am blessed with a loving wife and family and wonderful neighbors on each side of me. We are in the boat together and not by accident. I have stories to prove this, but that would take too much time. I see God’s hand working in everything that has ever happened in my life including meeting Fr. Keating and Mother Teresa. How many people have touched a person who became a canonized saint in their lifetime? God is so generous and I have done nothing to deserve such gifts. I have very little to show God for giving these gifts to me in my life. We’re they wasted on me? I have not become a saint. These gifts were given to me and I have yet to know the reasons why. Perhaps because God is Love and that’s what love is all about. I wish I could love like that, like St. Paul in the readings.
