Hello September!
He is like a tree planted near streams of water, that yields its fruit in season; Its leaves never wither; whatever he does prospers. Ps 1:3
Passion of St. John the Baptist
To endure temporal agonies for the sake of the truth was not a heavy burden for such men as John; rather it was easily borne and even desirable, for he knew eternal joy would be his reward. ~St. Bede the […]
Human wisdom assumes that it knows the shape of human fulfillment and how to attain it. It urges us to evade the humiliating, non-satisfying aspects of life; to seek more rewarding ways of prayer; to seek that which makes us feel good and even holy; and to hide from a self-knowledge that strips us of self-complacency and leaves us poor, unholy, unfilled.
Sister Ruth Burrows, O.C.D.