Monday, February 02, 2009
our deeds
A midrash on Genesis points out: "God prefers your deeds to your ancestors' virtues."
We are not here simply to follow someone else. Being part of something good does not automatically make us good. What we do with our own lives is the measure of their value. We are here to learn to take ourselves in hand.
-- Joan Chittister, O.S.B. The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages
We are not here simply to follow someone else. Being part of something good does not automatically make us good. What we do with our own lives is the measure of their value. We are here to learn to take ourselves in hand.
-- Joan Chittister, O.S.B. The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages
