Jul 21, 2021 | 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...
Jul 14, 2021 | Good Work, Man of the Household, 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 7, 2021 | Man of the Household, 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...
Jun 30, 2021 | Crisis Magazine, Man of the Household, 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.”...
Jun 23, 2021 | Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
“A man may have hearing and yet not be hearing…” Aristotle, On the Soul We probably take hearing for granted, as though simply something we can do at will. But what if without realizing it we are actually hard of hearing, or even deaf? Hearing is a wonderful and...
Jun 16, 2021 | Good Work, Good Work (Featured Posts), Natural Steward, Wednesday Quotes
“The Father himself Willed that the path of tillage be not smooth, And first ordained that skill should cultivate The land, by care sharpening the wits of mortals…” Virgil, The Georgics Summer has begun. As a kind of new beginning, every season offers a natural...
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