"This, then is our desert:
to live facing despair,
but not to consent.
To trample it down under hope in the Cross.
To wage war against despair unceasingly.
That war is our wilderness.
If we wage it courageously,
we will find Christ at our side.
If we cannot face it,
we will never find him."
Wednesday, 9 May 2012
Ach du liebe Zeit!
Rabbiting on again at the family mass - "poor little talkative Christianity," mocked E.M. Forster - sometimes we can only agree. It's worth noting, though, that on these occasions the 'adults' present always seem far more delighted than the children...
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