Grace Can And Does Have A History.

The Dead Are Silent Because They Live, Just As We Chatter So Loudly To Try To Make Ourselves Forget That We Are Dying. Their Silence Is Really Their Call To Me, The Assurance Of Their Immortal Love For Me.

Not Everybody, However, Has A Genuine Sense Of Humor. That Calls For An Altruistic Detachment From Oneself And A Mysterious Sympathy With Others Which Is Felt Even Before They Open Their Mouths. Only The Person Who Has Also A Gift For Affection Can Have A True Sense Of Humor. A Good Laugh Is A Sign Of Love; It May Be Said To Give Us A Glimpse Of, Or A First Lesson In, The Love That God Bears For Every One Of Us.

Every Year We Celebrate The Holy Season Of Advent, O God. Every Year We Pray Those Beautiful Prayers Of Longing And Waiting, And Sing Those Lovely Songs Of Hope And Promise.

Meditating On The Nature And Dignity Of Prayer Can Cause Saying At Least One Thing To God: Lord, Teach Us To Pray!

In The Days Ahead, You Will Either Be A Mystic (one Who Has Experienced God For Real) Or Nothing At All.