Today's Life-Lines are:
Of all [the] accusations against Christians, the most terrible one was uttered by Nietzsche when he said that Christians had no joy.
~ Alexander Schmemann
There is only one real blasphemy: the refusal of joy.
~ Paul Read more [...]
GAUDETE (Rejoice) SUNDAY
Joy is the echo of God’s life in us.
~ Columba Marmion Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
Joy is an act of resistance against the tyranny of cynicism, callousness, injustice, and despair.
~ Dan Miller Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
Praise is joy aimed at God.
But when the heart breaks,
when everything we taste is bitter as lemon pith,
when all we have to offer the Holy One
is vulnerability, fragility, regret,
the poverty of our sorrow or grief,
worry Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
It is right it should be so
Man was made for Joy & Woe
And when this we rightly know
Thro the World we safely go
Joy & Woe are woven fine
A Clothing for the soul divine
Under every grief & pine
Runs a joy with Read more [...]
Today's Life-Line is:
Know that joy is rarer, more difficult, and more beautiful than sadness. Once you make this all-important discovery, you must embrace joy as a moral obligation.”
~ Andre Gide
Today's Life-Line is:
I don’t think anyone “finds” joy. Rather, we cultivate it by searching for the preciousness of small things, the ordinary miracles that strengthen our hearts so we can keep them open to what is difficult.
~ Dawna Markova