Wisdom for Warfare

“In war resolution. In defeat, defiance. In victory, magnanimity. In peace, good will.”
Sir Winston Churchill

Masterful Living

"The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he is always doing both."
James Michener

The Light the Healing Spirit in This World

"Today you must listen to his voice. There is a light in this world.....a healing spirit much stronger than any darkness we may encounter. We sometimes lose site of this force.....where there is suffering, too much pain, and suddenly the spirit will emerge.....through lives of ordinary people, and answer in extraordinary ways. God speaks in the silence of the heart and we listen."
Mother Theresa

An After Christmas Prayer

This, the 12th Day of Christmas, is about over. The festive lights fade and the “hard times” which so often meet us in this “warring world” loom large in front of us.

Refusing to avoid the foreboding future and resolving to meet each challenge head on we pray …

Our God, our Father, make us strong,
When tasks of life seem hard and long,
To greet them with this triumph song:
Thy will be done.

Draw from our timid eyes the veil
To show, where earthly forces fail,
Thy power and love must still prevail –
Thy will be done.

With confident and humble mind
Freedom in service we would find,
Praying through every toil assigned:
Thy will be done.

Things deemed impossible we dare,
Thine is the call and Thine the care:
Thy wisdom shall the way prepare –
Thy will be done.

All power is here and round us now;
Faithful we stand in rule and vow,
While ‘tis not us, but ever Thou:
Thy will be done.

Heaven’s music chimes the glad days in;
Hope sours beyond death, pain, and sin;
Faith shouts in triumph, Love must win –
They will be done.

Frederic Mann, 1928