Poor "Love": Just Misunderstood
The Pope is humming a sweet melody, assuaging a flock to yet more slumber. But a vulnerable flock needs to be alert, not asleep. A vulnerable flock needs now to be herded with a firm hand for safe passage through a narrow gate; not an opening of the flood gates. What tune is Francis humming? Pope Francis is humming the tune of "free" love. Nothing wrong with that is there? The bible tells me that for every time there is indeed a season. Yet the world has had more than enough "free love" over the last 50 or so years: a 'free' love that has led to wanton apostasy; a 'free' love that has allowed for a scattered, narcotised and narcissistic flock; a 'free' love that says anything goes. No-one would argue against love. Love is the crucial ingredient; but love must come with boundaries. What boundaries come with 'free' love? No boundaries. I would suggest that the world is in need of some '...