that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way.
What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination,
will affect everything.
It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning,
what you do with your evenings,
how you spend your weekends,
what you read, whom you know,
what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude.
Fall in Love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.
Pedro Arrupe
I painted portraits of each of the Jesuits in college for my first (and only) major art project. I chose the prayer above as the theme for the paintings since I saw the Jesuits' actions as being really routed in love for the Salvadoran people they served. The prayer has come up again and again in my life, and it always brings up memories of these paintings. The whole project was a labor of love for me, and I would love to do something like it again...if only I could think of something :)
Pictured above is Fr. Joaquín López y López, born August 16, 1918, the only native Salvadoran among the six Jesuits killed at the University of Central America. Fr. López y López, or “Lolo,” although quiet and timid, worked passionately for the people of El Salvador. To symbolize Fr. Lolo’s calm, unassuming presence, the portrait is painted in blue.
See more about the paintings here and here.