Grieve not, then, if your sons seem to desert you, but rejoice, rather, seeing the will of God done gladly.

Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!

Let not our longing slay the appetite of our living.

Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

Live every day as if the Son of Man were at the door, and gear your thinking to the fleeting moment. Just how can it be redeemed? Walk as if the next step would carry you across the threshold of Heaven. Pray. That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.

Ps 119:89-91: The settled Word in Heaven makes for a solid foundation on earth and a safe path for today.