Friday, November 9, 2012

Without Friends Even The Most Agreeable Pursuits Become Tedious

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. - Saint Thomas Aquinas

Thursday, November 8, 2012

There Is Joy Before The Angels Of God Over One Sinner Who Repents


    [1] Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him.
    [2] And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them."
    [3] So he told them this parable:
    [4] "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go after the one which is lost, until he finds it?
    [5] And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
    [6] And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, `Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'
    [7] Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
    [8] "Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it?
    [9] And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, `Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost.'
    [10] Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents." 
Luke 15:1-10