Eternity is a mystery…
Eternity is a cloak wrapped about and enclosing yesterday, today and tomorrow in one moment that never ends.
–Walter Farrell and Martin J. Healy
The timeless in you…
The timeless in you is aware of life’s timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today’s memory and tomorrow is today’s dream.
— Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
I want eternity…
I want eternity. I was born for greater things.
— Saint Stanislaus Kostka (1550-1568)
The everlasting Now…
Eternity is the everlasting Now.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
The star came…
The star came to rest above the place where the child was. At the sight of it the wise were filled with great joy and that great joy should fill our hearts as well. It is the same as the joy the shepherds received from the glad tidings brought by the angels. Let us join the wise men in worship and the shepherds in giving glory to God. Let us dance with angels and sing: To us is born this a savior who is Christ the Lord. The Lord is God and he has appeared to us, not as God which would have terrified us in our weakness, but as a slave in order to free those living in slavery. Could anyone be so lacking in sensibility and so ungrateful as not to join us all in our gladness, exultation, and radiant joy?
— Saint Basil the Great (329-379)
Salvation for the world
Today is the day of salvation for the world. . . Christ is risen from the dead: arise with him. Christ returns to himself: you also must return to him. Christ has come forth from the tomb: free yourselves from the fetters of evil. The gates of hell are open and the power of death is destroyed. The old Adam is superseded, the new perfected. In Christ a new creation is coming to birth: renew yourselves.
— Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
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