WELCOME

Quote for Today - July 14,  2013

"If we want the perfect host to take us into his eternal home when we come to knock at his door, he has told us himself what we have to do: we must  be ready to open our own door to the earthly guests who come our way."

Jean Danielou, The Lord of History, [1958]

Comment: Read this quote in the context of today's gospel from Luke 10:25-37 - especially the opening question from the scholar of the law: "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

FEEDING  

THE  FIRE WITHIN

Quote for Today - July 13, 2013

"To burn always 
with this hard gem-like flame.
To maintain this ecstasy, 
is success in life."

Walter Pater [1839-1894] in The Renaissance [1873], Conclusion

BREAK THE 

SELF BUBBLE

Quote for the Day - July 12,  2013

"The entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others."

John Andrew Holmes

PLEASE  STAY

Quote for Today  - July 11,  2013

"'Stay,' is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."

Louisa May Alcott  [1832-1888]

HERE COMES THE JUDGE!

Quote for Today - July 10, 2013

"It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others."  

Antoine de Saint-Exupere [1900-1944] in  The Little Prince [1943] Chapter 10

Question: Was Jesus getting at this with his many comments about judging others?  For example, Matthew 7:1; Luke 6:37; Luke 12: 14?

TWO FACED

Quote for Today - July 9, 2013

"I detest that one who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another."

Homer [c. 700 B.C.] in the Iliad 

HYPOCRITE

Quote for Today - July  8, 2013

"A hypocrite is a person who ... but who isn't?"

Don Marquis, quoted by Frederick B. Wilcox in A Little Book of Aphorisms