"is love?
"Does it fall from
"skies above?
"Is it underneath
"the willow tree
"That I've been
"dreaming of?
"Where, is she
"Who I close my
"eyes to see?
"Will I ever know
"the sweet 'Hello'
"That's meant
"for only me?
"Who can say where
"she may hide?
"Must I travel far and wide
"'Till I am beside,
"the some one who
"I can mean,
"Something to?
"Where,
"Where is Love?
"Every night I
"Kneel and pray,
"Let tomorrow
"Be the day,
"When I see the face
"Of someone who
"I can mean,
"Something to.
"Where,
"Where is Love?"
The quoted lyrics above are from the song "Where is Love?" from the Broadway musical Oliver! [1]. Perhaps no one better understands the pain of not being loved than an orphan, or one who feels like an orphan. I surmise that the absence of love is like an open wound that does not heal with the passage of time, that radiates a deep hurt that is indescribable and a numbness that is almost palpable, the kind that does not attenuate with age but depraves behavior, that the orphan carries with him to his grave, if he does not ever find the love he has been wondering about and waiting for in life, a love that continues to be a longing at death, a love that lives only in a dream.
"Every night I
"Kneel and pray,
"Let tomorrow
"Be the day,
"When I see the face
"Of someone who
"I can mean,
"Something to.
"Where,
"Where is Love?"
The quoted lyrics above are from the song "Where is Love?" from the Broadway musical Oliver! [1]. Perhaps no one better understands the pain of not being loved than an orphan, or one who feels like an orphan. I surmise that the absence of love is like an open wound that does not heal with the passage of time, that radiates a deep hurt that is indescribable and a numbness that is almost palpable, the kind that does not attenuate with age but depraves behavior, that the orphan carries with him to his grave, if he does not ever find the love he has been wondering about and waiting for in life, a love that continues to be a longing at death, a love that lives only in a dream.
Orphan Oliver in the musical [2] dreams of finding love underneath a willow tree. He is looking for his mother who loves him, the mother from whose womb his life sprung forth, but she is not there for him. [3]
A mother's love is so important to a child that even child Jesus was not denied it. Rather, He had the best mother any child could have, the Blessed Virgin Mary Who was born without Original Sin. Her blessedness gave Her the ability to raise Jesus with unselfish and undiluted love so that He was able to become the man that He was, able to be obedient and do the very difficult work God wanted Him to do, to love sinners unconditionally, and to suffer and die for their sins.
Having a mother is important. Equally important is not having a child seek or doubt his mother's love. The more a mother takes after the Blessed Virgin Mary [4], the more likely her child will grow up to become Christ-like, fearless in his conduct and compassionate in his judgment.
A mother's love is so important to a child that even child Jesus was not denied it. Rather, He had the best mother any child could have, the Blessed Virgin Mary Who was born without Original Sin. Her blessedness gave Her the ability to raise Jesus with unselfish and undiluted love so that He was able to become the man that He was, able to be obedient and do the very difficult work God wanted Him to do, to love sinners unconditionally, and to suffer and die for their sins.
Having a mother is important. Equally important is not having a child seek or doubt his mother's love. The more a mother takes after the Blessed Virgin Mary [4], the more likely her child will grow up to become Christ-like, fearless in his conduct and compassionate in his judgment.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjJDekSculo
[2] The musical was based on a novel entitled Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. A synopsis of the novel can be read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist
[3] One may wish to set aside the staging, the musical composition and the lyrics, the acting and the solo and imagine that Oliver is a real orphan who is sad and lonely and depressed, sitting by himself underneath a willow tree, yearning for the love of his mother and choking back tears while singing his prayer for a mother he has never met and her love he has never known.
[4] I believe that peace among men is possible, if the Lord allows enough time to achieve it but it must begin with mothers whose common goal is not to be equal to men, or subservient to them, but to become like the Blessed Virgin Mary, the new Eve, to reject Satan, to embrace her children, and the children of all other mothers, with pure and undiluted love.
[2] The musical was based on a novel entitled Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. A synopsis of the novel can be read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Twist
[3] One may wish to set aside the staging, the musical composition and the lyrics, the acting and the solo and imagine that Oliver is a real orphan who is sad and lonely and depressed, sitting by himself underneath a willow tree, yearning for the love of his mother and choking back tears while singing his prayer for a mother he has never met and her love he has never known.
[4] I believe that peace among men is possible, if the Lord allows enough time to achieve it but it must begin with mothers whose common goal is not to be equal to men, or subservient to them, but to become like the Blessed Virgin Mary, the new Eve, to reject Satan, to embrace her children, and the children of all other mothers, with pure and undiluted love.
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