Many waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: If a man should give all the substance of his house for love, He shall despise it as nothing. Canticle of Canticles 8:7 Friday being the day of Our Lord’s Passion, it is good to commemorate it not only by abstaining from meat, orContinue reading “Unquenchable Cravings”
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Hungering for Holiness
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst after justice: for they shall have their fill. Matthew 5:6 In classical philosophy, and in sacred scripture, justice is more (but never less!) than giving to each his due. Or rather, justice looks beyond what is owed in a mundane reckoning. Since every being, consciously or unconsciously, seeksContinue reading “Hungering for Holiness”
"His Tongue shall Speak Judgment" 