"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."
Friday 30 March 2012
Stabat Mater
For the Friday of Passion Week, part of the Stabat Mater by Francis Poulenc - not as well known as it should be.
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