Jun 30, 2021 | Crisis Magazine, Man of the Household, Ruling our Households, Wednesday Quotes
“…when he made them he precisely determined their portions. He arranged his works in an eternal order, and their dominion for all generations; they neither hunger nor grow weary, and they do not cease from their labors…they will never disobey his word.”...
Jul 7, 2021 | Man of the Household, Ruling our Households, Wednesday Quotes
“Like the sun rising in the heights of the Lord, so is the beauty of a good wife in her well-ordered home.” Sirach There is so much to fathom in these words in praise of a good wife. What a revelatory simile/metaphor! Like the sun rising, so is the beauty of a good...
Jul 14, 2021 | Good Work, Man of the Household, Ruling our Households, Wednesday Quotes
“How can he become wise who handles the plough? …each becomes wise through his work.” Sirach Ben Sira and Aristotle are of one mind regarding the scribe’s pursuit of wisdom. “The wisdom of the scribe depends on the opportunity of leisure; and he who has little...
Jul 21, 2021 | Ruling our Households, True Friendship, Wednesday Quotes
“My soul takes pleasure in three things, and they are beautiful in the sight of the Lord and of men; agreement between brothers, friendship between neighbors, and a wife and a husband who live in harmony.” Sirach I wonder what these words sound like to the young. I...
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