Reflections:Feast Days During Lent

February 22 Ä Chair Of Peter1 Peter 5:1-4Matthew 16:13-19

The Example Of Love

Human beings have the ability to learn in many ways. Through the educational system we spend a great deal of time learning through books and other written sources. Knowledge that others have gained is shared with us through the media of the written word. Knowledge is also gained through listening. We are a highly oral society these days. We listen to the radio, to tapes and to television. Much of what we know comes through our ability to hear.

The greatest way we can learn, I feel, is through observation. Before children are old enough to read one word or understand a coherent sentence, they are learning. They learn by watching and imitation. Why do children have so many common t…