Ebb and flow...

"He who ceases to learn, who does not every day keep up an ebb and flow, so to speak, between intelligence and certain knowledge to be acquired, will become an ignorant person."

-St. Peter Julian Eymard

"Where are those whom I have entrusted to you?

Our children are treasures entrusted to us by God Himself. How will we answer Him when He asks us what we have done with them? Here is a powerful sermon from a courageous priest which begs the question, "Where will my children spend Eternity?" The link is:

http://patrickmadrid.blogspot.com/2009/09/what-will-you-say-when-god-asks-where.html

May God give us the courage to fulfill our sacred duty as parents. And may Our Blessed Mother protect us all.

(Thanks to Patrick Madrid and his excellent blog for this information.)

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