September 11
Knowledge and love
ather than engaging
in futile disputation let us seek to have the love of Christ burning within
us. When we give way to unbridled curiosity we cease to savor delights
that are eternal. Many nowadays are so consumed with desire of knowledge
rather than love that they hardly know what love is, though the whole object
of their study should have been to achieve a burning love of God. I say
this to their shame: an old woman can be more expert in the love of God,
and less worldly as well, than a theologian whose studies are useless because
they are undertaken out of vanity in order to win a reputation and obtain
stipends and positions of honor. Such a one should be reckoned not a doctor
but a fool!
From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Tradition Day by Day: Readings from
Church Writers. Augustinian Press. Villanova, PA, 1994.
HTML text prepared by David P. Steelman
