Thursday, January 31, 2008

"From this follows the obligation of the cessation from work and labor on Sundays

"From this follows the obligation of the cessation from work and labor on Sundays and certain holy days. The rest from labor is not to be understood as mere giving way to idleness; much less must it be an occasion for spending money and for vicious indulgence, as many would have it to be; but it should be rest from labor, hallowed by religion."

– Leo XIII, Rerum Novarum, 41

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

"We look to you for our stable hope"

"We look to you for our stable hope in a constantly changing world."

– Psalm-Prayer, Wednesday, Week II, Liturgy of the Hours

Monday, January 21, 2008

The truth is to be found not within

The truth is to be found not within. Nor in the past, nor in literature, nor in art. Not in childhood, not in knowledge, not in dreams. Nor the body, the mind, the heart. The time is short. The truth is found where it has always been found in every age.