After the blessing he took the Lord's Body and beckoned to Bors to come forward. He obeyed, and knelt before the priest, who said to him:
"Bors, do you see what I am holding?"
"Yes indeed, Sir. I see that you are holding my Saviour and Redeemer under the guise of bread. I should not be looking on Him in this wise were it not that my eyes, being mortal clay, and thus unapt to discern the things of the spirit, do not permit my seeing Him any other way, but rather cloak His true appearance.
For I have no doubt that what I look on now is truly flesh and truly man and wholly God."
At these words he was overmastered by weeping, and the good man said to him:
"You would surely be insensate if you received so holy a thing as you describe, without manifesting your love and loyalty all the rest of your living days."
"Sir," affirmed Bors, "while I live He shall have my whole allegiance, and I will ever do as He commands."
Then the hermit gave him the host, and he received it with great devotion, and knew such joy and bliss that he thought no circumstance would have the power to gall him ever again.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Friendship
I think getting to know people consists of more than just talking to them. In fact, I think it's almost better getting to know people by doing things with them than by just talking to them.
For example, in my Irish Dance class, there is this girl who I'm friends with. For the first couple of months we hardly said a word to each other - we just danced together and smiled at each other. And for some reason she and I always wound up being partners in all of our dances. We found out each other's names by hearing our teacher call them out in roll call.
Finally, a few months into the school year, we started talking to each other. We said hi when we walked in, sat next to each other on the floor during our water breaks, and gave each other advice in the dance, such as holding our arms higher or moving in a certain way. She noticed my rosary bracelet and asked if I was Catholic. Turns out she is too.
Half-way through the year, my parents got to meet her. She said she'd help me find my earrings when I lost them. I let her borrow my sock glue. We were already such good friends, although we knew practically nothing about each other.
Just a week ago she found out I homeschool and have 7 siblings. Our friendship hasn't lessened.
While certain details and information about people's home/personal life do matter, most of those things are passing, and I think if you base your friendship off of those little things it won't be very strong. To really be friends with someone, you need to work with that person, play, rest, and pray with him. Talking is good too, of course, but I just don't think it's the only/best way to make a friendship grow.
For example, in my Irish Dance class, there is this girl who I'm friends with. For the first couple of months we hardly said a word to each other - we just danced together and smiled at each other. And for some reason she and I always wound up being partners in all of our dances. We found out each other's names by hearing our teacher call them out in roll call.
Finally, a few months into the school year, we started talking to each other. We said hi when we walked in, sat next to each other on the floor during our water breaks, and gave each other advice in the dance, such as holding our arms higher or moving in a certain way. She noticed my rosary bracelet and asked if I was Catholic. Turns out she is too.
Half-way through the year, my parents got to meet her. She said she'd help me find my earrings when I lost them. I let her borrow my sock glue. We were already such good friends, although we knew practically nothing about each other.
Just a week ago she found out I homeschool and have 7 siblings. Our friendship hasn't lessened.
While certain details and information about people's home/personal life do matter, most of those things are passing, and I think if you base your friendship off of those little things it won't be very strong. To really be friends with someone, you need to work with that person, play, rest, and pray with him. Talking is good too, of course, but I just don't think it's the only/best way to make a friendship grow.
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