As To Love

As to love: 

this is the last that we ask for, the key-line for me as everything the proceeded and follows stems from the realization that we are truly made to offer love. Here, right before the end, our prayer turns to a request that we not so much seek to be loved as to love. With this one realization everything else false easily into place - love is indeed what we are, and it is the explanation of how the Prayer of Saint Francis becomes our daily guide. What's asked for in the entirety of the prayer is simply the removal of all that block our awareness of the presence of love.

with these obstacles gone...

only love is remains.

now, everything becomes easier, our every request of being able to forgive. console, and able to better understand others falls naturally into place. Love shows us the way, it extends as the answer to every problem of communication, comforting, healing heart-deep injury, bringing light and faith. With love, there is no despair. The eleventh line is pivotal, tying the entire prayer together before closing with three lines of explanation. But it's love that provides the energy, the life-essence, for the transformative power of this prayer. 

nothing prayed for, no understanding is possible without it's realization. 

grant that I not so much seek to be loved,

as to love.

and once granted,

we see...

that it's the very same thing.

~

Love, Eric

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