Lately as part of my devotional reading, I've been going through the writings of St. Clare, the "little sister" of St. Francis. Here are a couple good quotes from her letters to Agnes of Prague (translation slightly updated by yours truly):
Look upon the One who was hated for your sake, and follow Him, though you will become hated in this world for His sake... If you suffer with Him, you will rejoice with Him; if you die with Him on the cross of sorrow, you will possess heavenly mansions in the brightness of the saints.
Cling to His most sweet Mother, who gave birth to a Son whom the heavens could not contain, and yet she carried Him in the little cloister of her holy womb and held Him on her maidenly lap.
Is it not clear that... the soul of the faithful person is greater than the heavens? For the heavens and all creation cannot contain the Creator, yet the soul full of faith is alone His mansion and His throne.
Dear friends - Please take 10 minutes to watch this personal update from me:
I mentioned in The Journey that I wrote a song based on Isaiah 2, which is one of my favorite OT passages:
In days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house
shall be established as the highest mountain, and raised above the hills.
All nations shall stream toward it. Many peoples shall come and say:
“Come, let us go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, That he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
He shall judge between the nations, and set terms for many peoples.
They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again. House of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord!
I hope you like the song!
This is Michael Knowles' commentary on the murder of Charlie Kirk, and directly on the press conference about the arrest - In the middle is a great speech by the governor of Utah - overall excellent stuff if you have 1.5 hr to spend on it
with some Florida colleagues - all of them Protestant, but with varying traditions on the Eucharist - it was encouraging to hear how there are some Protestant denominations that have a real respect for the Sacrament (and I'm not talking about Anglicans or even Lutherans):
