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While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them. You are a hiding-place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance.
line attributed to Francis of Assisi, who told his followers, “Go into the world to preach the gospel and, if necessary, use words.”
Saint Paul’s letter to the new believers at Ephesus: “Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”
only once does Jesus speak about judgment, and when he does, it’s about how we treat the poor: And they too will reply, “Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?” Then the King will answer, “Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.”
A love of books, reading, he explained, will do much more than I can for her education. If she loves books, there is nowhere she can’t go; she can splash about or deep dive.
Senegalese proverb, “If you want to cut a man’s hair, be sure he is in the room.”
vision over visibility
