Monday, May 9, 2011

Monday morning sermon




We must renounce everything that is not grace, even the longing for grace.

--Simone Weil

9 comments:

  1. tall order.

    that is quite a proselytising hand on that flower, cutting the air so.

    xo
    erin

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  2. erin: A very Zen sort of Catholic, Simone Weil :-)

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  3. straight from the pulpit ... words to live by

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  4. Beautiful James. Mother Nature at it's best and to reflect on what Simone Weil said.

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  5. What a wonderful quote, I'd been pondering along similar lines a few days ago and here it is summed up so directly! And the flower is like blown glass, beautiful.

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  6. musicwithinyou: Thank you. It seems that at this time of the year, there is something worth photographing everywhere you look!

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  7. Marion: I've been thinking along these lines, too, and reading Weil almost obsessively the past couple of weeks....

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  8. Nothing to say more, just thanks.
    Anne

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