The Editor's Favorite
Notes and "Quotes"
"The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree
is the presence of a happy family
all wrapped up in each other."
Burton Hillis
"A Christmas candle is a lovely thing;
it makes no noise at all, but softly gives itself away
while quite unselfish, it grows small."
Eva K. Logue.
"When we were children we were grateful to those
who filled our stockings at Christmas time.
Why are we not grateful to God
for filling our stockings with legs?"
G.K. Chesterton
"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a Son
and you shall call His name Jesus."
The Angel Gabriel
In the year Before Christ.
"Christianity is not a philosophical speculation;
it is not a construction of our mind.
Christianity is not 'our' work; it is a Revelation;
it is a message that has been consigned to us,
and we have no right to reconstruct it as we like or choose."
The Ratzinger Report, 1985.
"For to you is born this day in the City of David
a Savior who is Christ the Lord."
An angel of the Lord
In the Year of Christ
"The more one understands the holiness of God,
the more one understands the opposite of what is holy."
The Ratzinger Report, 1985.
"If seeds planted in the black earth can become roses,
think of what the heart of man can become
if it looks toward the stars."
G.K. Chesterton
"Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to men of good will."
A multitude of the heavenly host
In the Year of Christ.
Sue@VictoriaGazette.com
