021

If suffering in purgatory brings us closer to heaven, so should suffering on earth.

020

Love of neighbor is love of God's creation.

019

Since God knows us better than we know ourselves, we should not fear what he asks of us.

018

We are examples, though not always good examples, of something Great.

017

How amazing that a collection of cells should be a plant, an animal, a person.

016

It is not as if Jesus was prized for his carpentry.

015

We have only One to please.

014

Jésus Dit (ici selon Matthieu)

013

Aphorisms of Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Nicolás Gómez Dávila (1913-1994)

012

Sayings of St. John of the Cross

011

Prières

010

Prière

009

Of the progressives, their many sins are forgiven, for they love much.

008

Suffer with Jesus

007

If they hear not Moses and the prophets, and Jesus, neither will they be persuaded, though one living rose to speak.

006

He who falls should pray not to be tempted.

005

The bath water of religion is dirty, but consider the baby.

004

For Christians, the question whether health care is a human right was answered long ago, in the Parable of the Good Samaritan.

003

We are like God in our desire to be loved.

002

If this life did not matter, Jesus would not have gotten so angry.

001

No one pities the devil.
 

Z(E)N

Ted, who has beautiful handwriting, recounted again last night at dinner at the Holdens the time in his life when he was not able to properly form the letter 'n' on paper. To accomplish an 'n' he would rotate the page, write 'z', and return the page to its former angle to continue writing. Then for the first time in my hearing, Ted elaborated that he had been hospitalized for this ailment, isolated from other patients, for fear his condition might be infectious. Rezsin vouched for the condition, not for the hospitalization.