Learning to Read
· 24 May 2007 | 245 words
As one has to learn to read or to practice a trade, so one must learn to feel in all things, first and almost solely, the obedience of the universe to God. It is really an apprenticeship. Like every...
Tag: Simone Weil (4 entries)
Love is a Direction
· 24 May 2007 | 171 words
Affliction is a marvel of divine technique. It is a simple and ingenious device which introduces into the soul of a finite creature the immensity of force, blind, brutal, and cold. The infinite distance separating God from the creature...
Waiting for God
· 24 May 2007 | 433 words
The felt the big emptiness this morning. It actually started yesterday afternoon, but I did not notice or label it as such until this morning. It is not depression. I know depression. It's close, but not the same. There is...
Two Colors
· 12 February 2007 | 63 words
Something today reminded me of an analogy I had once read by Simone Weil. Joy and sorrow are like two sentences painted on a wall in different colors. Most people do not know how to read the language it is...
Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us