Never cease loving

“Never cease loving a person, and never give up hope for him, for even the prodigal son who had fallen most low, could still be saved; the bitterest enemy and also he who was your friend could again be your friend; love that has grown cold can kindle.”

--Soren Kierkegaard

Feast of Saint Cecilia

For music, I must think, was given

To be of higher life a token,

The language by the angels spoken,

The native tongue of heaven!

--Christopher Pearse Cranch in "The Music of Nature" 

 

Saint Cecilia, pray for us. 

Forgiveness

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

--Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Dream

“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”

--C. S. Lewis

Speak to me of love

Speak to me of love, said St Francis to the almond tree, and the tree blossomed.
--Nicholas Kazantzakis

One red leaf

The one red leaf, the last of its clan,

That dances as often as dance it can, 

Hanging so light, and hanging so high, 

On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.

--Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Gratitude

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity.... It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.
--Melodie Beattie