Lenten Prophet

Correct me, O LORD, but in just measure; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing -- Jeremiah 10:24.

                     

Retreat Week: Fragment

Two monks...were caretakers;

they fed the pigeons,

and kept the hunting dogs in trim.

--Lawrence Durrell, The Greek Islands

Valentine

"We crave love. And we deceive ourselves again and again. Finally the day comes ...when we lift toward God the homage we ought never to have given elsewhere."

(George Sand, Lelia., tr. by M.J. Howe.)

"Amo quia amo, amo ut amem."

("I love simply because I love, and I love in order to love."--St. Bernard of Clairvaux)

Bible Study: Kings

And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it...Then Shaphan the secretary told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." And Shaphan read it before the king. And when the king heard the words of the book of the law, he rent his clothes. And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest,..."Go, inquire of the LORD for me...for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us."  (2 Kings 22: 8-13)

"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart." (Hebrews 4:12)