Haste and busyness can wear us down, and we can lose sight of what’s really important.
During the last days of the liturgical year, the Mass included readings from the book of Revelation. And when I hear, "I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance... But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first" (Rev. 2:2-4), I think of how often our marriages and family life are invaded by haste and busyness. Many of the things we do are for those we love, and that’s good. However, they can wear us down and we can lose sight of what’s really important -- love.
Often, when I speak to engaged and married couples, I remind them that throughout married life the following 3 ingredients must be present, in adequate proportion: emotion, reason, and will.
