Religion

You Offended Him?! I find this story from yesterday's New York Post [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/dolan_gives_the_times_holy_hell_C79kb04ndK2nKWVWLO8O0K] significant: "New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has condemned The New York Times -- blasting the Gray Lady and its columnist Maureen Dowd

"[L]et us love, for love will give us everything." de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence. BTW: Happy All Saints Day. > Calling the saints to mind inspires, or rather arouses in us, above all else, a longing to enjoy their company, so desirable in itself. We long

"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier." Mother Teresa

“As much as you watch over your mind carelessly, by so much you will become distant from Jesus.” Hesychius of Jerusalem

"God is not some distant stranger. He shows us his face in Jesus." Benedict XVI

"We can find all that is necessary in the present moment. We need not worry about whether to pray or be silent, whether to withdraw into retreat or mix with people, to read or write, to meditate or make our minds a receptive blank, to shun or seek out

"Our life will have been worth something if and when we fall in love with Christ." Francis Fernandez

"Patience is the companion to wisdom." St. Augustine

"Apart from knowledge of his Creator, every man is but a brute." St. Jerome