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Christ on the Cross, Eugène Delacroix, c. 1835
Take a look at these excerpts from once popular song lyrics:
When I’m Sixty-four
When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a Valentine
Birthday greetings, bottle of wine…
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I’m sixty-four[1]
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
I’d like to know that your love
Is a love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won’t ask again
Will you still love me tomorrow[2]
Hungry Heart
Everybody needs a place to rest
Everybody wants to have a home
Don’t make no difference what nobody says
Ain’t nobody like to be alone…
Everybody’s got a hungry heart[3]
Each of these secular songs echoes a truth inscribed in every human heart. We are made for everlasting love! St. John Paul II explains why: