Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 1 – The Pure in Heart Shall see God Is it not promised for ever to the pure in heart that they shall see God? Let any true man go into silence; strip himself of all pretence, and selfishness, and sensuality, and sluggishness of soul; lift off thought after thought, passion after passion, till… Continue reading Precept and Practice – NOVEMBER 1 – The Pure in Heart Shall see God
When we finally learn that the pain of death is the brith pangs of the life after life, then we will dance… and not care if we are naked!
Sainthood for Dummies!
To be a saint is the everyday task of the Christian. However tradition dictates that we can only become saints once we have died. Learning to die is the key to learning to live.
Amid the clamour of dissonant theologies, let us sit then, with a composed love, at the feet of him who pointed to the way
Precept and Practice – OCTOBER 30 – Religion – A Temper God is not far from each one of those who seek God, if haply they may feel after Him. Let theologians pile up volume upon volume of what they call theology, religion is a very simple matter, and that which is so simple and yet so… Continue reading Precept and Practice – OCTOBER 30 – Religion – A Temper
The broad-minded see the truth in different religions; the narrow-minded see only the differences.
Religion is oneness with God: the harmony of man’s nature with God’s nature, the attuning of all the notes in man with the perfect music in heaven.
In order to teach men how to be satisfied, it is necessary fully to understand the art and joy of humble life,
Most of the luxuries, and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind.
The man who has begun to live more seriously within begins to live more simply without.
Suffolk Vicar 