Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Monday, July 20, 2009

If you ever

want to read beautiful prose written by a mystic, here's the person to read...

Plans Begun for Teresa of Avila's 500th Birthday

"Carmelites Appoint Commission for Saint's Celebration"
She's not always easy to read. It depends on the translation, and easiness is always limited by the difficulty in discusssing, in simple terms, the things of God. One can't expect a mystic to be able to relate the mystical experience to someone who has never experienced it. I'm guessing (as I will never be a mystic, nor a saint)...


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