The woman crosses herself and folds her hands, as if in prayer, as the pope draws closer. “Love makes us patient,” the pope said the next day, veering from his scripted homily. Me too, and I apologize for yesterday’s bad example.”At the dawn of a new decade, we live in a world on edge, understandably so. If love makes us patient, as the pope advised, love also has its limits. “I apologize for yesterday’s bad example.” Those are not bad words to mark the dawn of an anxious new decade or to keep in mind as we make our imperfect way forward.

Source: Washington Post January 02, 2020 21:56 UTC