Quotemeal for Friday, August 15, 2008

"I wept at the beauty of your hymns and canticles, and was powerfully moved at the sweet sound of your Church singing. These sounds flowed into my ears, and the truth streamed into my heart."

— St. Augustine of Canterbury

More Quotemeal

"Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbor on our knees."

— Charles Brent —

"For Christ is the God over all, who has arranged to wash away sin from mankind, rendering the old man new."

— Hippolytus —

"[John the Baptist said] 'He must increase, but I must decrease.' ... No driven person could ever say what John said, because driven people have to keep gaining...."

— Gordon McDonald —

"Our life is full of brokenness - broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and..."

— Henri Nouwen —