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Sunday, September 7, 2014
Quote of the Day (Archbishop Sheen, on the ‘Purpose of Prayer’)
“Prayer,
then, is not just the informing of God of our needs, for He already knows
them.‘You have a Father in Heaven Who
knows that you need them all.’ (Matt. 6: 32.) Rather, the purpose of prayer is
to give Him the opportunity to bestow the gifts He will give us when we are
ready to accept them. It is not the eye which makes the light of the sun
surround us; it is not the lung which makes the air envelop us. The light of
the sun is there if we do not close our eyes to it, and the air is there for
our lungs if we do not hold our breath. God's blessings are there - if we do
not rebel against His Will to give.” —Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Lift Up Your Heart (1950)
I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand
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