But A Wound Unfelt Is A Wound

Desire, Both The Whispers And The Shouts, Is The Map We Have Been Given To Find The Only Life Worth Living.

Moses Does Not Encounter The Living God At The Mall. He Finds Him (or Is Found By Him) Somewhere Out In The Deserts Of Sinai, A Long Way From The Comforts Of Egypt... Where Did The Great Prophet Elijah Go To Recover His Strength? To The Wild. As Did John The Baptist, And His Cousin, Jesus, Who Is Led By The Spirit Into The Wilderness.

Henri Nouwen Once Asked Mother Teresa For Spiritual Direction. Spend One Hour Each Day In Adoration Of Your Lord, She Said, And Never Do Anything You Know Is Wrong. Follow This And You'll Be Fine.

Reading The Gospels, Without The Personality Of Jesus, Is Like Watching Television With The Sound Turned Off.

It Was Men Who Stopped Slavery. It Was Men Who Ran Up The Stairs In The Twin Towers To Rescue People. It Was Men Who Gave Up Their Seats On The Lifeboats Of The Titanic. Men Are Made To Take Risks And Live Passionately On Behalf Of Others.