"For us let it be enough to know ourselves to be in the place where God wants us, and carry on our work, even though it be no more than the work of an ant, infinitesimally small, and with unforeseeable results."
-- Abbé Monchanin

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Bill Moyers on the Man Behind the March


Bill Moyers gives us insight into the "Do as I say not as I do" aspect of the health care debate. Remember the adage, "Whenever you encounter propaganda [advertising], ask yourself, 'In whose interest is it that I believe this?'"

Bill Moyers on the Man Behind the March

Friday, September 11, 2009

Quote for the Day


"If you want to know and reach Christ, you will arrive much sooner by following him than by reading about him."
-- M. Basil Pennington Lectio Divina

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Quote for the Day


"The Bible is not intended only to tell us about God but to transform us according to the form of Christ."
-- M. Basil Pennington Lectio Divina

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Quote for the Day


Speaking of reading the Bible:

"The fool falls into the temptation of saying, 'I already know this text!' The wise one knows that it is one thing to know the chemical formula of water and another to savor it by a spring on a summer's day."
-- M. Basil Pennington Lectio Divina

Sunday, September 06, 2009

"In God We Trust"


Based upon the greater importance placed upon insurance company profits over affordable health care for all citizens in the current debate, it is appropriate that the phrase "In God We Trust" is emblazoned upon our currency. Money is truly the god of the USA today.

We venerate the profits while castigating the prophets. May the God of all creation have mercy upon us and lead us to repentance.

Friday, September 04, 2009

Quote for the Day


"God is not truly God for us if we do not listen to him."
-- M. Basil Pennington Lectio Divina