Religion

Happy Ash Wednesday [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01775b.htm], so to speak. Every Lent has been the same for me: I've come out determined to have a holy six weeks, and I'm fading before the ashes wear off my forehead. Human nature is rough. No

"The proud one does not know himself. If he knew himself and his own stupidity, he would not be conceited." St. Mark the Hermit

"Do not be hasty with your tongue, for the mouth is a snare of death." Pseudo-Barnabas. (Sobering aphorism for a blogger.)

"The Church, with its sacraments and Bible and lives of the saints and devotions and church buildings, is like a huge bank of grace, where each person has a deposit of a billion dollars. Unfortunately, most of us only withdraw about 75 cents." Deacon Larry Kasuboski (rough quote)

"We have a right to be happy and peaceful. We have been created for this--we are born to be happy--and we can only find true happiness and peace when we are in love with God: there is joy in loving God, great happiness in loving Him." Mother Teresa.

Pray with great confidence, with confidence based upon the goodness and infinite generosity of God and upon the promises of Jesus Christ. God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into the hearts of those who pray. St. Louis de Montfort

The Christmas season still plows forward, but the real world returns in earnest. I kinda feel like I'm waking from a dream, and the nightmare Rose Bowl loss to USC yesterday doesn't help. It's the Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen.

> Secular things can be adapted to holy ends. New Year's resolutions are a great example. Anonymous