"Conscience, Christ, and the gift of faith make evil men uneasy in their sin. They feel that if they could drive Christ from the earth, they would be free from "moral inhibitions." They forget that it is their own nature and conscience which makes them feel that way. Being unable to drive God from the heavens, they would drive his ambassadors from the earth. In a lesser sphere, that is why many men sneer at virtue--because it makes vice uncomfortable."
~Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
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"𝓐𝓷 𝓪𝓵𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓮𝓬𝓽 𝓻𝓮𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓵𝔂 𝓻𝓸𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓭𝓸𝓶.”
- 𝓒.𝓢. 𝓛𝓮𝔀𝓲𝓼
"When the whole world is running headlong towards the precipice, one who walks in the opposite direction is looked at as being crazy."
~T.S. Eliot
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"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it."
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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"True religion teaches us to reverence what is under us, to recognize humility and poverty, and, despite mockery and disgrace, wretchedness, suffering, and death, as things divine."
~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“Ecce deus fortior me, qui veniens dominabitur michi.”
Behold, a deity stronger than I; who coming, shall rule over me.
~Dante Alighieri, La Vita Nuova
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Seek the Lord, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the Lord.
Zephaniah 2:3
We cannot control what God puts in our path, we can only control how we face it ~ ONS
Leaves Compared With Flowers
"A tree's leaves may be ever so good,
So may its bar, so may its wood;
But unless you put the right thing to its root
It never will show much flower or fruit.
But I may be one who does not care
Ever to have tree bloom or bear.
Leaves for smooth and bark for rough,
Leaves and bark may be tree enough.
Some giant trees have bloom so small
They might as well have none at all.
Late in life I have come on fern.
Now lichens are due to have their turn.
I bade men tell me which in brief,
Which is fairer, flower or leaf.
They did not have the wit to say,
Leaves by night and flowers by day.
Leaves and bar, leaves and bark,
To lean against and hear in the dark.
Petals I may have once pursued.
Leaves are all my darker mood."
Robert Frost
"Do not try to know everything, lest you become ignorant of everything."
~Democritus
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Cheese and Bacon Swirls
~1 pack all butter puff pastry
~6 bacon strips, sliced
~3/4 tub cream cheese
~2.6 oz of cheddar cheese, grated
~1 onion, diced
~Handful of parsley, chopped
~Salt & pepper to season
Bake at 180°C/356°F
for 20 minutes
Enjoy!
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