Religion

> The beautiful Prayer of St Richard is one of my favourite and prayed in the aftermath of the wonderful Feast of Corpus Christi, it takes on a special resonance: > "Thanks be to you, my lord, Jesus Christ, For all the benefits that you have given me; For

The three compulsions of the world: to be relevant, to be spectacular, and to be powerful. Henri Nouwen I'd never heard it phrased that way, but those three categories seem to capture every temptation from the world: desire for fame, fortune, good reputation, respect, excellence. Nouwen has a

The LA Times [http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-kneel28may28,0,7235402.story?page=1&coll=la-home-headlines] ran a story this morning about anti-kneeling zealots in southern California. If you're unacquainted with the story, you have to read it to believe it.

> [P]eople praised him, and people rejected him, and people said Hosanna, and people crucified him. But Jesus held on to the truth. "Whatever happens, I am the beloved of God, and that is who I am." And that allows me to live in a world that

I live in the middle of Amish country: Amish to the north and Amish to the south. On my way out of town today, I saw their buggies all over the highways, then came across one of the larger Amish homes in the area where scores of buggies were gathered.

At Chesterton and Friends this morning: "Whenever monks come back, marriages will come back [http://chestertonandfriends.blogspot.com/]."

Dealing with ennui: > It is, however, a very great thing indeed to be able to live without either divine or human comforting and for the honor of God willingly to endure this exile of heart. Thomas a'Kempis