Once I said to God, “How do you teach us?” And He replied, “If you were playing chess against someone who had infinite power and infinite knowledge and wanted to make you a master of the game, where would all the chess pieces be at every moment? Indeed, not only where he wanted them, but…
Tag: St. John of the Cross
The Weight of Arrogance
The weight of arrogance is such that no bird can fly carrying it. And the man who feels superior to others, that man cannot dance, — St. John of the Cross. One of the biggest differences in sports I’ve noticed is that it seems like a lot more ball players play with an arrogance or an…
If You Love, Our Guns Will Wilt
You might quiet the whole world for a second if you pray. And if you love, if you really love, our guns will wilt. — St. John of the Cross. St. John of the Cross has long been recognized as one of the world’s great mystical poets. In today’s poem he writes about the power of…