FINDING TRUTH WHEREVER IT MAY BE FOUND: "We all readily understand that our physical energies are limited. Distance runners approach the state of collapse at the end of a twenty-six mile marathon. Most of us do not easily grasp that our mental resources are also limited. This is why the individual who spills himself out in sense stimulations, who is engulfed in the mass media, is never a person of deep prayer." from Thomas Dubay's, "Fire Within"
QUOTE II: "Unfortunately many baptized persons depart from this life without ever realizing that they were destined to a deep communion with God. Vocal prayer was all they knew, for it was all they were taught." same source
IN OTHER NEWS:
Russ sent this great article in on how the Sistine Chapel was painted. Here is a link for a tour of the chapel where Pope Francis was just elected. Look up, look down, look all around and don't forget to zoom. Warning if you are looking at this when you are supposed to be working: There is music in the background.
You are invited to the Chrism Mass (when priests of the diocese renew their vows and the oils used throughout the year at every parish are blessed) tonight at our cathedral. Here is more information.
Fr. B sent this video in. A kid in his parish made this video. Pretty cool:
A HAPPY AND GRACE FILLED HOLY WEEK TO YOU
1 comment:
Great timing on some of these links!
We just watched The Agony and the Ecstasy over the weekend, and that story to which you linked about the Sistine Chapel filled in some of the details and corrected the misconception that Michelangelo did the painting on his back. (Too bad the filmmakers didn't realize how brilliant the original colors actually were.)
Also, I'm just starting to read the extraordinary Fire Within. Hmmm...given what Fr. Dubay says in your quote, I should have stuck with my tentative, but quickly dismissed, resolution to give up reading blogs for Lent!
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