Thou that art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of them that remain in the broad sea. Who in his strength setteth fast the mountains: and is girded about with power. Who stilleth the raging of the sea: and the noise of his waves, and the madness of the people. Psalm […]
Tales of noble self-sacrifice never remain mere adjuncts to a creed, or portion of a partisan tradition. They contain in themselves the whole of salvation. Here are the gems in the treasury of a nation’s life; and it matters not to later ages whether the geological strata in which they lie embedded be Catholic or […]
Neither paganism nor Christianity ever produced a profound political historian whose mind was not turned to gloom by the contemplation of the affairs of men. It is almost a test to distinguish the great narrators from the great thinkers. Acton
And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, […]
As for the children of men, they are but vanity: the children of men are deceitful upon the weights, they are altogether lighter than vanity itself. O trust not in wrong and robbery, give not yourselves unto vanity: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. Psalm 62, v.9
Thou shalt not be afraid for any terror by night: nor for the arrow that flieth by day; For the pestilence that walketh in darkness: nor for the sickness that destroyeth in the noon-day. A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand: but it shall not come nigh thee. Psalm […]
«I will never be someone who writes only about bird song, although I admire birdsong highly – but not enough to withdraw from the historical world, for the historical world is fascinating. What really interests me is the interweaving of the historical and cosmic world. The cosmic world is unmoving – or rather, it moves […]
Klårt di krubbe skina kan, ljoset nytt i natti rann naud og natt til ende er, trui alltid ljoset ser. Veni, redemptor gentium, Ambrosius (d. 397) Melodi: Einsiedeln, omkr. 1120/Erfurt 1524
When I rain down the rain of Dharma Then all this world is well refreshed…. And then, refreshed, just like the plants, The world will burst forth into blossoms. Lotus Sutra tp. 5
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers. Wilde
