Strip the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary and cart off its varied furnishings if you cannot otherwise satisfy one who is in need. Believe me, it is dearer to Mary that the Gospel of her Son be kept, though it means stripping her altar, than to see her altar ornamented and her Son neglected.
Celano - Second Life
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
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Amen, and Amen
ReplyDeleteThis is really the bottom line, isn't it, of what we are expected to give. Everything. Absolutely everything.
ReplyDeleteWonderful comments...
ReplyDeleteWhen we give our total being to God, He will assuredly take it. But in return, he gives us His total being as well. He will give to us in direct proportion to what we give to Him.