To be blind is not misery; it is misery not to be able to endure blindness… Through this infirmity I can be completed, perfected; in this darkness I can be filled with light. For in truth we blind men are not God’s last and slightest care; in proportion as we cannot behold anything except himself, he is disposed to look upon us with the more mercy and kindness.John Milton in the portable Milton ed. Douglas Bush (penguin, 1977)This question: “What kind of life am I going to undertake?” is the question of vocation. And it has got to be answered rightly. For if it is answered rightly and we take the way to which God calls us we shall be living obediently to him, we shall be strengthened by his help, and so we shall come to heaven… There can never be any questi
14 January 2016, The Tablet
Spiritual readings – 16 January 2015
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