Quote of the Day (John Donne, on a Time With ‘All Coherence Gone’)

“'Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone,
All just supply, and all relation;
Prince, subject, father, son, are things forgot,
For every man alone thinks he hath got
To be a phoenix, and that then can be
None of that kind, of which he is, but he.
This is the world's condition now.”—English poet John Donne (c. 1572-1631), “An Anatomy of the World,” originally published in 1611

Spiritual Quote of the Day (John Donne, on the Psalms as ‘The Manna of the Church’)

“The Psalms are the manna of the church. As manna tasted to every man like that he liked best, so do the Psalms minister instruction, and satisfaction, to every man, in every emergency and occasion.”—English poet and Church of England cleric John Donne (1572-1631), Sermon 66 (Preached at St. Paul’s, Jan. 29, 1625), in The Works of John Donne, Volume 3

The image accompanying this post of John Donne was created by English portrait miniature painter Isaac Oliver 9ca. 1565-1617).

Spiritual Quote of the Day (John Donne, on Sin and Forgiveness)

“Wilt Thou forgive that sin where I begun,
Which was my sin, though it were done before?
Wilt Thou forgive that sin through which I run,
And do run still, though still I do deplore?”—English poet John Donne (ca. 1572-1631), “A Hymn to God the Father”