WORDS TO THE WHYS

The truth will make you odd. Flannery O’Connor

Grace Before A Meal

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Jan Steen : : Prayer Before A Meal circa 1660 AD


The Book of Common Prayer (1928)

BLESS, O Father, thy gifts to our use and us to thy service; for Christ’s sake. Amen.

GIVE us grateful hearts, our Father, for all thy mercies, and make us mindful of the needs of others; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

"Be Present at Our Table, Lord."
Tune: Old 100th from the Genevan Psalter (1551)

Be present at our table, Lord;
be here and everywhere adored;
thy creatures bless, and grant that we
may feast in paradise with thee.

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POPE LEO XIV Magnifica Humanitas

Even in the darkest nights, the Lord raises up men and women who refuse to give up, who persevere in doing good, who protect the vulnerable and open pathways to reconciliation. The memory of the saints, righteous people and the oft-forgotten peacemakers, show us that grace does not magically eliminate conflict, but instead it inspires active resistance to evil and an astonishing creativity in doing good” (paragraph 211).

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

I doubt not then but innocence shall make false accusation blush, and tyranny tremble at patience.

BLAISE PASCAL

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

SOREN KIERKEGAARD

There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.