JESUS ATE
WITH SINNERS
AND DINED WITH THEM

Quote for Today -- November 7,  2010


"He could smell a sinner five miles away on a windless day."


Helen Hayes, On Reflection: An Autobiography, 1968. I believe she was referring to someone in the clergy.

ALL ARE WELCOME, 

ALL ARE WELCOME, 

ALL ARE WELCOME 

IN THIS PLACE 

Quote for Today November 6,  2010


"In other religions, one must be purified before he can knock at the door; in Christianity, one knocks on the door as a sinner, and He Who answers to us heals."

Fulton J. Sheen [1895-1979], Peace of Soul, 1949

MIDDLE AGE

Quote for the Day - November 5, 2010


"Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else."


Ogden Nash, Versus, 1949

GROWTH

Quote for the Day - November 4,  2010

"The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."


Muhammad Ali, interview, Playboy, November 1975

STEPPING BACK

Quote of the Day -- November 3, 2010


"Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back."

John Barth, New York Times, September 16, 1984

PRAYER 
FOR THE DEAD

Quote for the Day - All Soul's Day - November 2,  2010


"Almighty and everlasting God,
it pleased you
to breathe into us a soul
according to Your likeness.

Then at Your bidding
you turn dust back to dust.
Now command Your image
to be connected
with Your saints and elect
in an everlasting home."



From The Gelasian Sacramentary: Prayer for the Dead [5th to the 7th Century].

SAINT MOM AND DAD

Quote for the Day - All Saints Day - November 1, 2010


"Only God knows how many married saints there have been. Perhaps when and if we get to heaven we may find that some of the brightest jewels in His crown are obscure husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, that nobody paid any attention to here on earth."


John C. Cort, The Grail, 1957