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A detail crop of the full Sized Grace and humility. (scaled down to 66% of full res).
Two ideals to strive for.
"She gives me my place as easily as she puts me in my place".
The compassionate strength of a nurturing woman is something a man will forever treasure and desire.
Your Name on God’s Hand
When I see a flock of sheep I see exactly that, a flock. A rabble of wool. I don’t see a sheep. I see sheep. All alike. None different. But not so with the Shepherd. To him every sheep is different. Every face has a story. John 10:3 says, “The sheep listen to the voice of the shepherd. He calls his own sheep by name.”
When we see a crowd, we see exactly that, a crowd. We see people, not persons. A herd of humans. But not so with the Shepherd. To him every face is different. Every face is a story. The Shepherd knows you. He knows your name. And he will never forget it.
God said in Isaiah 49:16, “I have written your name on my hand.” Quite a thought isn’t it? Your name on God’s lips. My… could it be?
From When God Whispers Your Name-Max Lucado
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2 Timothy 1:7The Message (MSG)
That precious memory triggers another: your honest faith—and what a rich faith it is, handed down from your grandmother Lois to your mother Eunice, and now to you! And the special gift of ministry you received when I laid hands on you and prayed—keep that ablaze! God doesn’t want us to be shy with his gifts, but bold and loving and sensible.
“Humility is the most fertile soil from which spirituality can grow and unfold. Learn to always remain humble and you will see how people are transformed by your presence."—Amma, Immortal Bliss, 3rd qtr. 1998
“The best, like water;
Benefit all and do not compete.
They dwell in lowly spots that everyone else scorns.
Putting others before themselves,
They find themselves in the foremost place
And come very near to the Tao.”
—Lao Tzu, “Words to Live By”, p. 279, Eknath Easwaran
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”—Luke 14
Perhaps the most famous incident that illustrates the Saint's humility towards nature is recounted in the "Fioretti" ("Little Flowers"), a collection of legends and folklore that sprang up after the Saint's death. It is said that, one day, while Francis was travelling with some companions, they happened upon a place in the road where birds filled the trees on either side. Francis told his companions to "wait for me while I go to preach to my sisters the birds."[35] The birds surrounded him, intrigued by the power of his voice, and not one of them flew away. He is often portrayed with a bird, typically in his hand.
It was with great humility that one day I asked my mother if I could have these water chimes from her overgrown and neglected garden. Years ago when she bought the chimes I thought they were the dumbest things and did not waste anytime in letting her know this.
Now they have become one of my most cherished objects to photograph. I love the shapes and lines that they create, the way objects are captured and held captive till the wind moves them on their journey. And the light that they collect during the coarse of the day is so intriguing.
Simple and humble they now have a cherished spot in my garden and heart.
O God, we need your help...please let Heaven open and fill us with Your Divine Grace and blessings...we need to be strengthened...and in humility that we are always awed by Your Mighty Power and Love...
- Henry David Thoreau
Today I braved the early rise and fresh crisp air to catch a sunrise, something I haven't done for a while because of laziness.
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"O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn humility.
- Lord Lytton
In this humblest of countries smiling faces are much more the norm it seems than in the west, and yet there is something surreal about this effervescence.
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“At that time the disciples came up and asked Jesus, ‘Who then is [really] the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ And He called a little child to Himself and put him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Truly I say to you, unless you repent [change, turn about] and become like little children [trus...
The great humility of this saint appeared amidst the honors and applause which followed him.
During his life Saint Vincent freed more than seventy people from the Devil and many more were freed at his tomb. He raised more than twenty-eight people from the dead and four hundred sick people were cured by resting on the couch where he had lain during his illness.
The change of a sinful heart is even a greater miracle than wondrous temporal benefits. Saint Vincent was not wanting here as we have seen; thousands of sinners became penitent, including Jews and Moors.
Yes, the blind see; the deaf hear; paralytics walk; the plague-stricken are healed; the faithless believe; sinners repent; the unstable grow steadfast; the idle find energy; sworn enemies embrace; the hard of heart find their hearts on fire. And beside the miracles that affect men, storms are stilled, rain stops, rocks are split, lightning flashes from the sky. Heaven itself opens and saints, angels, the Mother of God and her Son come forth. What must be must be – God will have it so. The prayer of a saint is omnipotent – if God decides to grant it.
"Once humility is acquired, charity will come to life."
ST. VINCENT FERRER (1350 – 1419) PRAY FOR US!
Respect and humility: a costume for a reverent occasion. May light dawn in a suffering world...
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Humility take charge of me
Drown me in truth's modest waters
Loosen your grip identity
Free me from an ego's falter
(Cynic - How Could I)
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Macro Monday project – 06/20/11
"Humility"
This is a macro detail of a Rosary I bought in my last vacation to Brazil when visiting the amazing St. Benedict Monastery in Olinda – PE.
"St. Benedict: Born to the Roman nobility. Twin brother of Saint Scholastica. Studied in Rome, Italy, but was dismayed by the lack of discipline and the lackadasical attitude of his fellow students. Fled to the mountains near Subiaco, living as a hermit in a cave for three years; reported to have been fed by a raven. His virtues caused an abbey to request him to lead them. Founded the monastery at Monte Cassino, where he wrote the Rule of his order. His discipline was such that an attempt was made on his life; some monks tried by poison him, but he blessed the cup and rendered it harmless. He returned to his cave, but continued to attract followers, and eventually established twelve monasteries. Had the ability to read consciences, the gift of prophesy, and could forestall attacks of the devil. Destroyed pagan statues and altars, drove demons from groves sacred to pagans. At one point there were over 40,000 monasteries guided by the Benedictine Rule. A summation of the Rule: “Pray and work.”
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Humility:
What it is: “Humility is considered the first virtue inasmuch as it removes the obstacles to faith. It removes pride and makes a man subject to and a fit recipient of grace; according to the words of St. James, "God resisteth the proud, and giveth his grace to the humble" (James 4:6)
"True humility" is distinctly different from "false humility" " which consists of deprecating one's own sanctity, gifts, talents, and accomplishments for the sake of receiving praise or adulation from other – Personified by Uriah Heep in David Copperfield. In this context legitimate humility comprises the following behaviors and attitudes
1.submission to God and legitimate authority;
2.recognition of the virtues and talents that others possess, particularly those which surpass one's own, and giving due honor and, when required, obeisance;
3.recognition of the limits of one's talents, ability, or authority; and, not reaching for that which is beyond one's grasp.”
"In his humility Christ entered the dark regions of our fallen world and he is glad that he became so humble for our sake, glad that he came and lived among us and shared in our nature in order to raise us up again to himself. And even though we are told that he has now ascended above the highest heavens - the proof, surely, of his power and godhead - his love for man will never rest until he has raised our earthbound nature from glory to glory, and made it one with his own in heaven."
– St Andrew of Crete.
This painting is in the National Gallery, Washington DC. Today is Passion Sunday.
July 14 196/ 366
i carry your heart with me
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
e.e. cummings
Real greatness is often hidden, humble, simple, and unobtrusive. It is not easy to trust ourselves and our actions without public affirmation. We must have strong self-confidence combined with deep humility.
Henri Nouwen
Humble abode of a simple farmer family in a village, Dieng Plateau, Central Java, Indonesia.
Although diminished, firewood is used for cooking, essential for life sustenance.
A life with a home without fences and window iron bars is still possible in this part of the world.
Picture taken from a village in a narrow slope, Dieng highlands, Central Java, Indonesia.
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French singer and songwriter Matthieu Tota (1985) is commonly known as M. Pokora or Matt Pokora. In 2016, he became a coach for The Voice Kids France and The Voice: la plus belle voix.
Matthieu Tota was born in Strasbourg, France, in 1985. He is the son of professional footballer André Tota and Brigitte Tota. His parents divorced in 1998 when he was 13 years old. Pokora was troubled by the divorce of his parents and remained greatly attached to his mother after the divorce. He lived with her in Strasbourg before renting a personal flat in Paris. As a child, he studied in an elementary school in Hohberg, and later at Collège Paul-Émile Victor in Mundolsheim, and Lycée Aristide Briand in Schiltigheim near Strasbourg. When he was younger, football was his first ambition and he wanted to become a professional player. However, he later opted for music. Tota explained the origin of his stage name Matt Pokora in an interview during the TV documentary Mise à jour (2010). He was searching for an artistic name and happened to be talking to his grandmother of Polish origin and the importance of humility came up. He asked her "how do we say 'humility' in Polish language," and she said "pokora". Tota immediately decided to adopt the word as his stage name, and shortened his first name to Matt. He earned some public attention as a member of French R&B group Mic Unity. In fall 2003, Pokora participated in the third season of Popstars, a French talent reality television show. The concept was to present possible candidates the winners of which would take part in the formation of a boy band or girl band. He was a crowd and jury favourite, and became a member of a boy band called Linkup formed with Lionel and Otis, two other winners in 2003 Popstars. The female winners were formed into another group Diadems formed of Marylore, Angel, Pookie, Ophélie and Alexandra. In the final showdown, the boy band including Matthieu Tota won the series over the girl band Diadems, who ended up runners-up. Their first Linkup single 'Mon Étoile' was very successful topping French charts, and the debut album 'Notre Étoile' was moderately successful. However the second single release 'Une seconde d'éternité' was much less successful despite good sales. The band tried again their hand in a collaboration with the British boy band Blue making a bilingual English/French version with Blue based on the latter's song 'Bubblin''. The bilingual English/French Blue/Linkup version was entitled 'You & Me Bubblin'. Soon afterwards, Linkup disbanded due to poor performance of sales on releases.
In 2004, soon after the break-up of Linkup, Matt Pokora started working preparing for a solo career collaborating with the producers Kore & Skalp. Under the stage name Matt Pokora, he released his first eponymous solo album originally entitled 'Matt Pokora'. In 2005, he was forced to change his chosen name after a lawsuit from French R&B singer Matt Houston. As a result, he changed his stage name to M. Pokora and re-released the album as M. Pokora. The debut single from M. Pokora was the very successful 'Showbiz (The Battle). It was a Top 10 hit in France, and also charted in Belgium and Switzerland. The second single 'Elle me contrôle' featuring Sweety reached #6 in France and Pokora received two NRJ Music Awards for the single. Yet a third successful single was released called 'Pas sans toi'. The album released on Universal was certified gold. He also started collaborating with Hakim Ghorab who became his long-time choreographer and took part in many of his music videos. Pokora also developed a close collaboration with music video director Karim Ouaret who directed most of his successful videos. In January 2006, his second album 'Player' was released topping the French chart. For producing the new album, he collaborated with Belgian producers Bionix, Rachid Mir and Christian Dessart mixing R & B with pop and crunk'n b, and artists Red Rat and Zoxea and geared toward the younger and feminine fan brackets. He also enjoyed great popularity with gay audiences. The first single from his second album was the very successful 'De retour' featuring Tyron Carter. That was followed with single 'Oh la la la (Sexy Miss)' with Red Rat. During a concert organized by NRJ Radio in France, he met Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin and Martin asked M. Pokora to make a collaboration on Martin's hit 'It's Alright'. The result was a bilingual French/English Ricky Martin/M. Pokora release also entitled 'It's Alright' that sold more than 100,000 copies. Finally, a last single from the Player album followed called 'Mal de guerre', which was a relative success. M. Pokora released Player in a second edition in March 2006 with the bonus track added of the duet with Ricky Martin. To promote the album and capitalise on its success, M. Pokora engaged in a tour of more than 30 French venues under the title 'Player Tour' that culminated in a big sold-out concert at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy. At the end of the tour, a DVD containing materials from the shows was marketed under the name 'Player Tour Live'. The DVD also included a photo book and memories from the tour. Pokora also created his own label M2theP Entertainment, signing his protégé, the rapper Tyron Carter. In addition to being featured on 'De retour', Tyron Carter released 'Ne me dis pas' that featured M. Pokora, a Top 30 hit, followed by an album 'Mon hold-up'. His song 'Get Down On It' appeared on the soundtrack of the animation film Astérix et les Vikings/Asterix and the Vikings (Stefan Fjeldmark, Jesper Møller, 2006).
After the Player Tour, M. Pokora left Universal and signed with EMI France. Also desiring a more international profile, he went to New York and created contacts most importantly with R&B producers Ryan Leslie and J. R. Rotem. The result was his third album 'MP3' (2008), containing 14 tracks, including 12 in English. The title of the album was a play on his name Matt Pokora (MP) and the number 3 (his third album) but also referring to the popular gadget MP3, the audio format for consumer audio storage. Pokora promoted the launching of the album with a prerelease of single 'Dangerous' featuring American hip hop artist Timbaland and Sebastian, Timbaland's brother and the timing of the release was picked to coincide with the NRJ Music Awards of 2008. The album reached #7 with estimated physical sales of 200,000 copies and additional downloads of 151,000. The album was certified gold. The album also did well internationally charting in Finland, Germany, Mexico, Belgium and in Poland where he won the Polish Eska Music Awards as the 'International Pop Artist of the Year'. After the success of 'Dangerous', Pokora released a second single 'They Talk Sh#t About Me' that features the young English rapper Natalia Kills credited on the release by her stage name Verse. The single unlike 'Dangerous' (that had reached #1) was not played heavily on French radio because of English language content and managed to reach only #24. A third release from MP3, 'Catch Me If You Can' failed to make it to the French charts, but was successful in Poland reaching #11. The follow up "Through The Eyes" was also a relative success in Poland reaching #31 in the Polish charts. To coincide with MP3 release, M. Pokora launched his Catch Me Tour 2008. He also toured Belgium and Switzerland. A fourth studio album titled 'Mise à jour' was released in 2010. The lead single 'Juste une photo de toi' was a big hit. The album includes collaborations with Wayne Beckford, Gee Futuristic, X-Plosive, Astro Boyz, Tarz, STX and Bionix. During the NRJ Music Awards 2011, the song was chosen as "Song of the Year" in addition to M. Pokora being chosen "French Male Artist of the Year". An English version titled 'Updated' was launched in 2011, containing 11 songs, mostly adaptations of the French language hits on 'Mise à jour'. His cover of Jean-Jacques Goldman, Carole Fredericks and Michael Jones classic 'À nos actes manqués' became the number one physical single sales and reached the Top 10. It was followed by the albums 'Mise à jour Version 2.0' (2011) and 'À la poursuite du bonheur' (2012). The latter album entered the French albums chart at number two. In 2011 he won season 1 of the TV show Danse avec les stars (the French version of 'Dancing with the Stars') with his partner Katrina Patchett. M. Pokora's next studio albums were 'R.E.D. / Rythmes Extrêmement Dangereux' (2015) and 'My Way' (2016). The latter topped the French Album Charts in its initial week of release. Pokora also has an acting career. In 2011 Pokora voiced Duncan Rosenblatt, the main character of Firebreather, in the French dub of the Cartoon Network movie. M. Pokora also appeared in the lead role of Robin Hood in the French stage musical Robin des Bois (2013), with musical mise en scène by Michel Laprise and text and music by Patrice Guirao and Lionel Florence. The soundtrack for the musical was released on Capitol Records / EMI and reached number 3 in the French album charts and number 4 in the Belgian (Wallonia) francophone Singles Chart. He also appeared in the film Robin des Bois, la véritable histoire (Anthony Marciano, 2015). In 2016, he became a coach for The Voice Kids France and The Voice: la plus belle voix/The Voice: the Most Beautiful Voice (2016). In 2019, he acted the lead role in the TV film Le premier oublié/The First Forgotten (Christophe Lamotte, 2019) with Muriel Robin. Since 2017, Pokora has been in a relationship with Christina Milian. Their son Isaiah was born in 2020. From the start, and over many years, M. Pokora has been a great supporter of charity causes particularly HIV/AIDS and children charities.
Sources: Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Humility is a mark of greatness, not because you shine when you are humble, but that when you submit to God's will He shines thru you.
All Saints, Bingley, West Yorkshire.
East Window, 1890 - detail.
Charity - Purity - Love - Truth - Humility.
Designed by Henry Holiday (1839-1927).
Made by James Powell & Sons.
Henry George Alexander Holiday entered the Royal Academy Schools at the age of 15 and was soon drawn to the ideas, and the artists, of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. He succeeded Edward Burne-Jones as the chief designer for the stained glass firm James Powell & Sons in 1863 and his style had a long-lasting effect on their production into the 1920s. Some of his windows were made by Lavers & Barraud and Heaton, Butler & Bayne, and after eventually ending his association with Powells, he established his own workshop in 1890. From about 1900 he even made his own glass at the workshop. His later work was made at the Glass House, Fulham.
Henry Holiday also worked as a painter, illustrator and sculptor, and his broad range of interests led to involvement in the campaign for Irish Home Rule, women's suffrage and dress reform.
In Gatchina, the former residence of the Russian emperors in the vicinity of St. Petersburg, on the shore of the "Black Lake", stands a small palace which bears the name "Priory Palace". Although it was originally intended to serve for only twenty years, it is already in its third century of existence. The Priory Palace is so exceptional that it surely ought to be in the "Guinness Book of Records". Everything about this building is unusual: its name, its architectural appearance, the materials and techniques of its construction, as well as the legends which are bound up with it.
Constructed for a prior of the Maltese Order, the palace never actually became a priory, although it was presented to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem by a decree of Paul I dated 23 August 1799. In the 19th century, the Priory was occupied first by the Court choristers, then by the master of the royal hunt; in Soviet times it became a place for outings, a "house of rest", a Pioneers' house, then a museum of local history. Then the palace was closed, being by now in a state of such disrepair that it seemed about to collapse into the Black Lake. At that time the palace bore a new name - people called it the "Crumbling Castle".
A romantic page of Russian history is bound up with the knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta. The year 1999 was the 900th anniversary of the founding of the order, which today numbers about 12,000 members, as well as the 200th year since the election of Tsar Paul I as the order's Grand Master.
It is in Jerusalem, the "city of cities", that the tomb of Our Lord is located. Thousands of Christian pilgrims made their way to the Holy Land to visit it. In the pilgrims' refuge attached to the church of St. John the Baptist, not far from Jerusalem, monks tended the pilgrims and received donations from them as a mark of their gratitude. The emblem of the order is a white eight-pointed cross, symbolising the eight virtues - faith, charity, truth, justice, innocence, humility, sincerity and patience. The monks were bound by their rules not only to provide help for the injured, but also to defend Christianity against the followers of Islam. Thus the order became an order of warrior-monks, who were known as "Knights of St. John" or "Knights Hospitallers". But the crusades undertaken by the order ended in failure and they were forced to flee to the island of Rhodes, which was their home for two centuries. In the year 1522 the forces of the Turkish sultan Suleiman the Magnificent attempted to capture Rhodes. After a six-month siege the Grand Master of the order, Philippe de l'Isle-Adam, surrendered the island. Full of admiration for the knights' courage, Suleiman allowed them to leave the island by ship.
A new place of refuge for the knights was found in 1530, when Charles V, king of Spain and Sicily, gave the island of Malta to the order in return for a symbolic annual payment of one hunting falcon. During the years of its residence in Malta the order of St. John developed into a very powerful and wealthy community; its knights combined a high degree of monasticism with a code of knightly honour. In the north-east of the island they built a fortress which, during the 400 years of its history, no-one has ever succeeded in taking by storm. The name of its builder - Grand Master Jean de La Vallette - has been immortalised in the name of Malta's capital, Valletta.
The French Revolution drove the knights from Malta and deprived the order of its wealth; its estates were confiscated for the benefit of the people. On 6 June 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte, on the way to Egypt, raided Malta. The order allowed the general's forces to enter the harbour, and the invulnerable fortress of Valletta fell without a shot being fired. By Napoleon's decree, all the silver from the churches built by the Hospitallers was melted down. The Grand Master von Gompesch was exiled, and the knights were compelled to leave the island within 72 hours.
Relations between the Russian state and the Maltese order were first established in 1698, when Peter I's ambassador Boris Petrovich Sheremetev was received with honour in Valletta by the head of the order Grand Master Raymond de Pereylos, and, though he was not a Catholic, became the first Russian knight of this Catholic order. During the reign of Catherine II an alliance was formed between Russia and Malta against Turkey. In the Turkish war several officers of the order fought on Russia's side. One of these was Count Yuliy Pompeevich Litta, who received a golden sword "for valour" and the third degree of the Order of St. George. And it was Litta who brought the insignia of the order to Russia for Paul I, with the request that he should take the order under his patronage. On the 29th November 1798 the solemn ceremony took place by which the Russian emperor assumed the title of Grand Master. From Malta certain holy relics were brought to Gatchina - a piece of Christ's cross, the icon of the Mother of God from Philerma, the right hand of John the Baptist.
Paul I was a great admirer of the order. From childhood he had read and re-read the Abbot Vertot's "History of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem". He was shaken by the fate of Malta and came to the aid of the order. An agreement was signed by which the Polish priorate became the Great Russian priorate. Two priorates were established - a Polish, Catholic priorate and a Russian, Orthodox priorate. The Maltese knights came to Russia, where they were granted lands and high office. The residence of the order was transferred to St. Petersburg. Paul judged that this powerful knightly order would be of assistance in the struggle against the revolutionary ideas which were then spreading in Europe. An institute of honorary commanders was established, admission to which was not dependent on proof of noble origin. The cross of the order was awarded for services to the state, either military or civil.
Paul gave to the knights of the Russian priorate the church of St. John the Baptist on St. Petersburg's Stone Island, and the Vorontsov Palace (now the Suvorov Military Academy). Next to the Vorontsov Palace the architect Giovanni Quarenghi built a Maltese chapel, and in Gatchina the architect N. A. Lvov created the Priory Palace for the French emigre Prince Conde, a former prior of the order. (A "prior" is one of the main officials of the order, and "priory" is the designation of a prior's residence.) Before succeeding to the throne, during his travels in Europe Paul had visited the country residence of Prince Conde at Chantilly. He recalled that in Paris Louis XVI had received him as a friend, but that in Chantilly Prince Conde had received him as a king. Mindful of the prince's hospitality, Paul wanted to construct a palace for him in his beloved Gatchina. But Conde never came to Gatchina, and the palace was used by the Maltese knights for meetings of the order under the presidency of their Grand Master, and as a "spare" palace.
"There is no obedience without humility, nor humility without charity. This is shown by the Word, for in obedience to His Father and in humility, He ran to the shameful death of the Cross, nailing and binding Him with the nails and bands of charity, and enduring in such patience that no cry of complaint was heard from Him. For nails were not enough to hold God-and-Man nailed and fastened on the Cross had Love not held Him there."
- St Catherine of Siena.
My reflection for Good Friday can be found here.
Apse mosaic in the Grenadier Guards chapel in London.
"At that very time, the prayer of these two suppliants was heard in the glorious presence of Almighty God.
So Raphael was sent to heal them both: to remove the cataracts from Tobit's yes, so that he might again see God's sunlight; and to marry Raguel's daughter Sarah to Tobit's son Tobiah, and then drive the wicked demon Asmodeus from her. For Tobiah had the right to claim her before any other who might wish to marry her.
In the very moment that Tobit returned from the courtyard to his house, Raguel's daughter Sarah came downstairs from her room."
Tobit 3:16-17
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Saint Theresa's Prayer
May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.
May you be content k nowing you are a child of God.
Let His presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.
It is there for each and every one of us.
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Simone Weil, French Philosopher Quotes
Birth: Feb. 3, 1909 and Aug. 24, 1943 Died
In the Church, considered as a social organism, the mysteries inevitably degenerate into beliefs.
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
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Twofer I hope - for ODC2 Picture Tells a Story and Group TOTW - Seven Virtues, showing Patience Diligence and Humility (or it could be interpreted that way), but you could put any number of stories to this shot I think, I just loved the light on the stone, my husband's face, happy, thoughtful and very dirty!!!! I should mention the poor chap on the floor is our friend and builder Scott, you have to guess what it is exactly he is doing in that position, and it's not praying.