Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Three Encouraging Quotes




Fr. Tony’s Midweek Message
September 4, 2013
Three Encouraging Quotes

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief.                  
Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now.
You are not obligated to complete the work,
but neither are you free to abandon it.”

—Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Wisdom of the Jewish Sages of Rabbi Tarfon, paraphrase of Micah 6:8 and Babylonian Talmud, Pirke Aboth, 2:11-16

“Fare not well, but fare forward!” 
                  —Krishna to Arjuna on the Field of Battle, Bhagavad-Gita. 

 “This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness; not health, but healing; not being, but becoming; not rest, but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it.  The process is not yet finished, but it is going on.  This is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.”

                  —Martin Luther, in his “Defense and Explanation of All Articles,” reply to Pope Leo X’s Bull condemning Luther, Exsurge Domine.

Love and Grace,

Fr. Tony+

1 comment:

  1. Amen. Amazing journey. Thank you Tony for being a beacon of light in the dark tapestry of space.

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