Love’s Preciousness



Discipleship, in the sense of ‘coming after’ the Magister, cannot be imposed because it is rooted in a free response inspired by faithfulness: the willingness to live it. 

What highlights our faithfulness is preciousness, because it highlights a search that distinguishes what is really important from what is not:  

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it” (Matthew 13,45-46).

Within this framework, discipleship concerns a voice quietly inviting a personal response, which evolves into a prayerful dialogue accentuated by intimacy, highlighting its preciousness. Awareness accompanies, because “the course of true love never did run smooth” (William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, I, 2). 

Clear-mindedness deepens our response to avoid pitfalls: envy dressed up as a concern or imposed racism to justify the blue-eyed boys, sometimes ourselves. Indeed, Hamlet’s observation holds: “One may smile, and smile, and be a villain” (William Shakespeare, Hamlet, I.5). We are called to be different by who we become, not by what we say. 

Some claim love, but like bedbugs, this is an excuse to feed on others: their proximity can easily confuse us into imitating them, but so doing, we betray His voice and impose ours. Prudently, we appraise love's passage and strengthen its course: its preciousness must not be underestimated or taken for granted.

Embarking, neither useless babbling nor rushing ensures success. Instead, an embraced silence, recalling solitude focused on Abraham’s listening faith: the silence of the tabernacle points the way.



Martin


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