"Gentleness is everywhere in daily life, a sign that faith rules through ordinary things: through cooking and small talk, through storytelling, making love, fishing, tending animals and sweet corn and flowers, through sports, music and books, raising kids — all the places where the gravy soaks in and grace shines through. Even in a time of elephantine vanity and greed, one never has to look far to see the campfires of gentle people."
Garrison Keillor
“Of all the countries I have been to, the poorest one I have been to is America. America suffers most from the poverty of loneliness. Not all of us can do great things. But we all can do small things, with great love.”
Teresa of Calcutta
“What we would like to do is change the world— make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, the poor, of the destitute— the rights of the worthy and the unworthy poor, in other words— we can, to a certain extent, change the world; we can work for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world."
Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness
"Love does not make you weak, because it is the source of all strength— but it makes you see the nothingness of the illusory strength on which you depended before you knew it."
Léon Bloy
"All I have is a voice
To undo the folded lie,
The romantic lie in the brain
Of the sensual man-in-the-street
And the lie of Authority
Whose buildings grope the sky:
We must love one another or die."
W. H. Auden, September 1, 1939
There will be a Comex precious metals futures option expiration on Monday the 27th.
They silence the truth, and murder His prophets, in order to deceive themselves and others.
And yet, many abide in God's love.
What else can one do in the midst of such cynical and profound corruption?
War is war; greed is greed; hate is hate; murder is murder.
And, as always, there will be consequences.
Have a pleasant weekend.
