It speaks time and again

"charity is patient and kind, charity is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Charity does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Charity bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

"charity is patient and kind, charity is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Charity does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Charity bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

"charity is patient and kind, charity is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or ride. Charity does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Charity bears all things, hopes all things, endures all things."

- 1 Cor 13:4-7

Away in a Manger

Away in a manger,
No crib for His bed
The little Lord Jesus
Laid down His sweet head

The stars in the bright sky
Looked down where He lay
The little Lord Jesus
Asleep on the hay

The cattle are lowing
The poor Baby wakes
But little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes

I love Thee, Lord Jesus
Look down from the sky
And stay by my side,
'Til morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus,
I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever
And love me I pray

Bless all the dear children
In Thy tender care
And take us to heaven
To live with Thee there

This humanity

"Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness...he must not forget that he is a person."

-- Pope John Paul II

Versus

If it be true that there are dangers of illusion in the study of mysticism, it is also true that there is greater danger in the ignorance of it.

- Fathers of the Desert, Vol I

Fathers of the Desert

"Of what profit is it to seek things which we cannot take away with us? Why should we not rather acquire those things which we are able to take away with us, such as prudence, justice, temperance, fortitude, intelligence, charity, love of the poor, faith in Christ, meekness, hospitality."

- St. Anthony