First Vows
AMDG I, a hopeful follower of Christ, to my brothers, sisters, siblings, mothers, and fathers. I am grateful, so grateful, for the community that has made me. For each of you. This morning during mass I could feel my heart beating. It was a tangible reminder of the symbolic gift I want to make. My heart is only one heart, corporal, small, and limited, yet capable of the greatest miracles through the grace of God. What I have copied below I wrote mainly for myself, and ultimately for God. It is part aspiration and part declaration, a prayer and a promise to do my best. Peace, Your Other Brother Introduction The ultimate rule of life is the following of Christ proposed in the Gospels. Each person is a uniquely created child of God, called to be loved and to love, to grow closer to God and in so doing to become more purely themself. This growth, however, may be greatly hindered by the abundance of distractions and deceptions which come from within and from without. My heart burns w...