“God does not fit in an occupied heart.”
St. John of the Cross
(waning sunflowers / Julie Cook / 2021)
God then directs these words to you:
If you desire true and eternal life, keep your tongue free
from vicious talk and your lips from all deceit;
turn away from evil and do good;
let peace be your quest and aim.
Saint Benedict
from The Rule of Saint Benedict
***taking the week off from technology… or as best I can.
Off on adventure with the Mayor and Sheriff
“Cheerfulness prepares a glorious mind for all the noblest acts.”
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
(the only sign of color this fall / Julie Cook / 2019)
“The true reason for which God bestows so many graces upon the humble is this,
that the humble are faithful to these graces and make good use of them.
They receive them from God and use them in a manner pleasing to God,
giving all the glory to Him, without reserving any for themselves…
It is certainly true that he who is humble is also faithful to God,
because the humble man is also just in giving to all their due, and above all,
in rendering to God the things that are God’s; that is,
in giving Him the glory for all the good that he is,
all the good that he has and for all the good that he does;
as the Venerable Bede says: ‘Whatever good we see in ourselves,
let us ascribe it to God and not to ourselves.’
To give thanks to God for all the blessings we have received and are
continually receiving is an excellent means of exercising humility,
because by thanksgiving we learn to acknowledge the Supreme Giver of
every good.
And for this reason it is necessary for us always to be humble before God.
St. Paul exhorts us to render thanks for all things and at all times:
‘In all things give thanks.’ (1 Thess. 5:18).
‘Giving thanks always for all things.’ (Eph. 5:20).
But that our thanksgiving may be an act of humility it must not only come
from the lips but from the heart, with a firm conviction that all good comes
to us through the infinite mercy of God.”
Rev. Cajetan da Bergamo, p. 87-8
An Excerpt From
Humility Of Heart
One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite–
that particular peach is but a detail.
Pablo Picasso
(a close up of a South Carolina peach / Julie Cook / 2015 )
Oh how our time is now quickly passing. . .
Gone too soon will be your tender touch,
your tickely fuzz upon my lips
and your lush sweetness dribbling down my chin. . .
(peach pit / Julie Cook / 2015)
(a close up of a South Carolina peach / Julie Cook / 2015 )
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