You stretch before me In wondrous expanses. Where are your limits, O Lord? Where the measure That contains Your domain? The ethereal sky, Hugging the mountains, Kissing earth, And spilling love across its plains, Proclaims a God of beauty. Hidden,yet revealed, In the minuscule and mighty, You peer from clouds That radiate streams of Your … Continue reading
The Thought of Heaven
From The Sinner’s Guide By Venerable Louis de Granada The Thought of Heaven, the Third of the Four Last Things A motive no less powerful than those we have enumerated is the thought of Heaven. This is the reward of virtue, and in it we must distinguish two things: the excellence and beauty of the … Continue reading
“Give them something to eat.”
“Give them something to eat.” On the mountain of Your Holiness, You commanded, “You give them something to eat.” What have I that would feed, And satisfy so many? You give to me, In steady supply. You are my All. In You, I believe, It is You, I adore, And from You, I draw my … Continue reading
“At the heart of all temptations”
From Jesus of Nazareth by ‘Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI: “At the heart of all temptations… is the act of pushing God aside because we perceive Him as secondary, if not actually superfluous and annoying, in comparison with all the apeparently far more urgent matters that fill our lives, constructing a world by our own lights … Continue reading
