The Portiuncula, located in Jerusalem, Ohio, in the Diocese of Steubenville, is home to the Franciscan Lay Apostolate. We are humbly committed to imitating the Gospel life of Christ, and observing the Sacraments. Placing ourselves under strict and holy obedience to the Bishop of Steubenville, the Magisterium, and Father Nick Ward, we follow the Medieval Penitential First Rule of the Third Order of St. Francis, dated 1221 A.D.
Fear of the Lord has been explained to me as being similar in human terms, to the kind of care you would take not to disappoint your parents or people who love you. Like the desire you would have to make them feel loved, and how you would express that love, that is generated by gratitude and love itself, more than 'fear'. Wouldn't there be a better term for this in English?
dI like Fr. Michael Sanlan's says concerning "fear of the Lord" ; Today, we can't so much understand fear of the Lord because, after all, isn't God a loving and caring God? To understand fear of the Lord, we must first look at what it is we fear in life;your job, your children, your spouce, whatever. Therefore, fear of losing or being seperated from God because of sin is "fear of the Lord."
Fear of the Lord has been explained to me as being similar in human terms, to the kind of care you would take not to disappoint your parents or people who love you. Like the desire you would have to make them feel loved, and how you would express that love, that is generated by gratitude and love itself, more than 'fear'. Wouldn't there be a better term for this in English?
ReplyDeletedI like Fr. Michael Sanlan's says concerning "fear of the Lord" ;
ReplyDeleteToday, we can't so much understand fear of the Lord because, after all, isn't God a loving and caring God? To understand fear of the Lord, we must first look at what it is we fear in life;your job, your children, your spouce, whatever. Therefore, fear of losing or being seperated from God because of sin is "fear of the Lord."