Quotemeal for Thursday, February 20, 2003

"Grace isn't a little prayer you chant before receiving a meal. It's a way to live."

— Jackie Windspear

More Quotemeal

"Christians must learn again what Christians have always known — how to live without immediate hopes in the world."

— T. R. Milford —

"Man does not rule over evil except when he refuses to do it. When he has truly done evil, he is its servant."

— Hildegard of Bingen —

"Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently."

— François de Sales —

"The spiritual life is a stern choice. It is not a consoling retreat from the difficulties of existence, but an invitation to enter fully into that difficult..."

— Evelyn Underhill —