Spiritual Quote of the Day (St. Paul to the Galatians, on ‘The Fruit of the Spirit’)

“The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things.”—Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians 5 :22-23 (New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition)

The 1612 image accompanying this post, Apostle St. Paul, was painted by the Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance El Greco (1541-1614). It hangs in Museo del Greco, Toledo, Spain.

Quote of the Day (John Dryden, Invoking the World’s ‘Creator Spirit’)

“Creator Spirit, by whose aid

The World's Foundations first were laid,

Come, visit ev'ry pious Mind;

Come, pour thy Joys on Human Kind;

From Sin, and Sorrow set us free;

And make thy Temples worthy Thee.”—English poet John Dryden (1631-1700), Veni, Creator Spiritus (“Come, Creator Spirit”) (1693), in Dryden (The Laurel Poetry Series), general editor Richard Wilbur (1962)

(The image accompanying this post is The Creation of the Animals, a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Tintoretto in 1550. It is displayed in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.)