Is there anyone who has everything as he wishes? No – neither I, nor you, nor any man on earth.
— Thomas Kempis

On this day...

• Job 5 - 2023
• Job 4 - 2023
• For the infinite glorious Creator of all things, to become a creature, is a mystery exceeding all human understanding. - 2011
• World Visitors - 2011
• Among the oxen (like an ox I'm slow)-I see a glory in the stable grow-Which with the ox's dullness might at length-give me an ox's strength - 2011
• Among the mules(stubborn I as they)-I see my Saviour where I looked for hay-So may my beastlike folly learn at least-the patience of a beast - 2011
• Never let us forget that God expects fruit from us - 2011
• The most dangerous and unsure thing is to try to live without God. - 2011
• I love to see holy mirth; I delight to see men well feasted. I like Christmas; I wish it came six times a year - 2011
• To feel is an evidence of life; and spiritual sorrow is a clear proof of life in the soul. - 2011