The Blessed Sacrament

"From the very beginning I fell in love with the Blessed Sacrament and by the mercy of God have never fallen out."

-- J.R.R. Tolkien

The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Tota pulchra es Maria et macula non est in te.
Virgo purissima, ora pro nobis.

A great thing is love...

"A great thing is love--a great good in every way: which alone lightens all that is burdensome, and bears equally all that is unequal. For it carries a burden without being burdened, and makes all else that is bitter sweet and savory."


--from The Following of Christ

Hidden paths...

"Still round the corner there may wait

A new road or a secret gate,

And though I've often passed them by,

A day will come at last when I

Shall take the hidden paths that run

West of the Moon, East of the Sun."

--J. R. R. Tolkien

Walking...

"If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish."

--Charles Dickens

When you arise...

When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is
to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.

- Marcus Aurelius

Keep to your principles

"Change your opinions; keep to your principles; change your leaves; keep intact your roots."

--Victor Hugo