"Books," said St. Augustine after his conversion, "could not teach me charity." We still keep on thinking they can. We do not realize nearly enough the utter distinctiveness of God and the things of God. Psychology of religion cannot teach us prayer, and ethics cannot teach us love. Only Christ can do that and He teaches by the direct method, in and among the circumstances of life. He does not mind about our being comfortable. He wants us to be strong, able to tackle life and be Christians, be apostles in life, so we must be trained by the ups and downs, the rough and tumble of life. Team games are compulsory in the school of Divine Love; there must be no getting into a corner with a nice spiritual book."
Related Reading: An Evelyn Underhill Poem (MISSA CANTATA)
By Sherrie Morrison
Christmas is the season
When we celebrate Christ’s birth.
What we oft fail to remember
Is just why He came to earth.
His life would be fresh manna
Offered freely from above.
His death would buy our pardon
When we flee to Him in love.
With sacrament we see Him
In broken bread and wine.
Now the stable is a palace
Where His children kneel and dine.
This gift recalls the manger
Where our savior newborn lay.
This bread recalls the message
Christ, the lamb, was born this day.
Revelation 5:6-14
