The whole life of Christ was a continual Passion; others die martyrs but Christ was born a martyr. He found a Golgotha, where he was crucified, even in Bethlehem, where he was born; for to his tenderness then the straws were almost as sharp as the thorns after, and the manger as uneasy at first as the cross at last. His birth and his death were but one continual act, and his Christmas day and his Good Friday are but the evening and morning of the same day. And as even his birth is his death, so every action and passage that manifests Christ to us is his birth, for Epiphany is manifestation. Every manifestation of Christ to the world, to the Church, to a particular soul is an Epiphany, a Christmas day. - John Donne

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Before I was humbled I went astray: but now have I kept Thy word.

O my God and Word, my Joy, how shall I endure Thy three days in the tomb? Now is my heart torn in pieces by a mother's grief. Who will give me water and springs of tears, that I may weep for my sweet Jesus?

Thou art good, O Lord: in Thy goodness teach me Thy statutes.

The limit of happiness is the presence of God, which completely fills the whole soul with his whole incorporeal and eternal light - Philo of Alexandria

Happy birthday MLK

Wait...he asked a woman to do WHAT!