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“Bound by no one, Augustus seems to be utterly free; but real freedom, Luke is telling us, is enjoyed by the child totally bound by his Father's will and hence tied to the good of the world he has come to serve. Once he has decided to create, God cannot remain indifferent to the world and its needs; on the contrary, he is bound by a fiercely parental love to everything that participates in his being.”

“Bound by no one, Augustus seems to be utterly free; but real freedom, Luke is telling us, is enjoyed by the child totally bound by his Father's will and hence tied to the good of the world he has come to serve. Once he has decided to create, God cannot remain indifferent to the world and its needs; on the contrary, he is bound by a fiercely parental love to everything that participates in his being.”

From Bishop Barron’s reflection on Matthew 22: “We have heard the invitation of God to enter into intimacy with him, to make him the center of our lives, to be married to him in Christ—and often we find the most pathetic excuses not to respond.”