If you feel that Catholicism or Christianity or religion is not
represented, by detractors or defenders, in ways that honor its
profundity and beauty, live out its profundity and beauty. To do this
is more telling than any argument.

-- Marilynne Robinson

Say only the good things

πᾶς λόγος σαπρὸς ἐκ τοῦ στόματος ὑμῶν μὴ ἐκπορευέσθω, ἀλλὰ εἴ τις ἀγαθὸς πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῆς χρείας, ἵνα δῷ χάριν τοῖς ἀκούουσιν.

Let every rotten word not go forth from your mouth, but whatever is good for necessary edification, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

-- Ephesians 4:29

"You may take it, young man, that I am versed in the elements of my business.  This is not a conceivable bone either of a tapir or of any other creature known to zoology.  It belongs to a very large, a very strong, and, by all analogy a very fierce animal which exists upon the face of the earth, but has not yet come under the notice of science.  You are still unconvinced?"

"I am at least deeply interested."

"Then your case is not hopeless.  I feel that there is reason lurking in you somewhere, so we may patiently grope around for it."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World

The Refinery

For you, God, tested us;
you refined us like silver.
You brought us into prison
and laid burdens on our backs.
You let people ride over our heads;
we went through fire and water,
but you brought us to a place of abundance.
Psalms 66:10-12

Totally love him, who gave himself totally for your love.

—St. Clare

Whose Body?

'I've left my catalogue behind,' said Lord Peter deprecatingly, 'uncommonly careless of me. D'you mind puttin' back to where we came from?'

'To the Seville Club, sir?'

'No - 110A Piccadilly - just beyond - thank you.'

'Thought you was in a hurry,' said the man, overcome with a sense of injury.

'I'm afraid it's an awkward place to turn in,' said Lord Peter, answering the thought rather then the words.

Don't worry, be happy!

" To escape the distress caused by regret for the past or fear about the future, this is the rule to follow: leave the past to the infinite mercy of God, the future to His good Providence, give the present wholly to His love by being faithful to His grace." de Caussade, Spiritual Counsels.