Minds at home in metaphors of fire and brimstone making war with culturalcanons are ill prepared to enter the peace seen in civilizations guided and governed by the law of love.
Friendship is the only true ‘end’; everything else is but a means. As we greet others, affirming the value of other human beings, giving them our attention, our respect, and the ear of our heart, we invite the gift of heaven, we foster infusions of light, and wherever this occurs is ‘holy land’.