“Is there nothing which is deathless,
nothing which does not pass away?
We cannot stay where we are.
We must journey forth.
We must find ‘that’
which is greater than fortune or fate.
Nothing can bring us peace but ‘that’.
Is the body of the wise man or the just…
exempt from any pain,
from any disquietude,
from the deformity that might blight its beauty,
from the weakness that might destroy its health?”
– – – – – – – – – –
“There is no hiding place in all the world…
where trouble may not find you.
No one knows when sorrow might visit his house…
any more than Job did.
The very moment everything was taken away from Job,
he knew it was the Lord who’d taken it away.
He turned from the passing shows of time.
He sought ‘that’ which is eternal.”
– – – – – – – – – –
“Life goes on.
People pass along.
Nothing stays the same.
The Lord gives,
and the Lord takes away,
and…
that’s the way He is.
He sends flies to wounds…
that He should heal.”
– – – – – – – – – –
“The nuns taught us there are two ways through life,
the way of nature…
and the way of grace.
You have to choose which one you’ll follow.
Grace doesn’t try to please itself.
Accepts being slighted, forgotten, disliked.
Accepts insults and injuries.
Nature only wants to please itself.
Get others to please it too.
Likes to lord it over them.
To have its own way.
It finds reasons to be unhappy…
when all the world is shining around it,
when love is smiling through all things.
They taught us that no one who loves the way of grace…
ever comes to a bad end.”
– – – – – – – – – –
“The only way
to be happy is to love.
Unless you love,
your life will flash by.”
– – – – – – – – – –
“My hope.
My God.
“I shall fear no evil…
fear no evil,
for you are with me.”
“Be not far from me,
for trouble is near.””
– – – – – – – – – –
“Keep us,
guide us…
till the end of time.”
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