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It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. William Blake

God is the god of the humble, the miserable, the afflicted, the oppressed, the desperate, and those who have been brought to nothing. Martin Luther

On the Passover

Tell me angel, what deterred you? The slaughter of the sheep, or the life of the Lord? You were deterred because you witnessed the mystery of the Lord accomplish in the sheep. The life of the Lord in the sacrifice of the sheep. The figure of the Lord in the death of the Sheep. Continue reading “On the Passover”

Though you do not see him, you believe, and in believing there is unspeakable joy. Polycarp

You, O Christ my Savior, have become for me the path of life which leads to the father. There is but one path, and it is my joy, and at the end of it is the heavenly kingdom. Ephraim the Syrian

Boniface attempted, in the place called Gaesmere, while the servants of God stood by his side, to fell a certain oak of extraordinary size, which is called, by an old name of the pagans, the Oak of Thor. And when in the strength of his steadfast heart he had cut the lower notch, there wasContinue reading

He is great in heaven who humbly submits to his neighbor

He is great in heaven who humbly submits to his neighbor, and, without any cause for shame, bears patiently accusations made against him, even though they are false, if by this he may be at peace with his brother. St. Basil the Great, Homily 20

If He offers nourishment to the birds…

If he offers nourishment to the birds, will he not offer to humankind food to nourish them? If those who do not labor find food, will not people find food, to whom God has given both the wisdom to work and the hope to enjoy it? God made all animals for humankind’s sake, but heContinue reading “If He offers nourishment to the birds…”

Opus Imperfectum on Wealth

Consider, moreover, that he did not say, “Nobody can have God and wealth,” but “no one can be a servant of God and wealth.” It is one thing to have wealth and quite another to serve wealth. If you have wealth and your wealth does not make you haughty or violent, but you give toContinue reading “Opus Imperfectum on Wealth”

A dread and marvelous mystery

A dread and marvelous mystery we see come to pass this day. He whom none may touch is seized; he who looses Adam from the curse is bound. He who tries our hearts and inner thoughts is unjustly brought to trial. He who closed the abyss is shut in prison. He before whom the powersContinue reading “A dread and marvelous mystery”