Head of School at Malvern Prep, Fr. Donald Reilly, O.S.A., taking part in his ministry
and wholesome at our core. It is difficult to love another if the journey to the heart, the path to self-knowledge, has not recognized the one with whom we travel, namely, the God who knows us, reveals himself to us and loves us. The best description I can give of love in my life at Malvern, in the midst of six hundred and fifty students from grades six to twelve, a dedicated Faculty and Staff, is to invest in the relationships as if I were going to experience the benefits from that investment. But, a generative love does not look for a return. It is one that moves toward making connections
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– the drive toward the unity of the separated. This kind of love builds and reveals what we share in common creating the condition for the possibility of friendships so important to Augustine. I have come to understand, as Benignus O’Rourke, O.S.A. says: We do not try to make ourselves acceptable to God or to others by doing good things. Slowly we become aware of our union with Love and begin to live out of that love. So our goal in life changes. Our goal is to b ​e love. How we live now is inspired by knowing that love is our very essence. All we do will be good if we are centered on the awareness of our union with the God who is Love.
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