Quote of the Day (Miguel de Cervantes, on Mercy)

“Though the attributes of God are all equal, to our eyes that of mercy is brighter and loftier than that of justice.”—Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, translated by John Ormsby

Among the forms of mercy practiced by my pastor this muggy summer was his sermon yesterday, which reflected the sound advice he recalled receiving from mentors as a young seminarian: “Be quick, be brief, and be gone.”