Loving God 301, Part 11: Unfiltered Emotion – Psalm 137

Lust, greed, rage, fear, jealousy, scorn...  What do we do when such passions surge (as they inevitably will)? For many people of faith striving to grow in love and compassion, the immediate temptation is suppression: force the thought from our mind and tighten the inner security to make sure they never come back. It's an understandable strategy, but one doomed to failure. Impulses are beyond the control of the will, and every psychologist (and saint and spiritual director) will tell us that de...