Why I Am Catholic
Courtesy of Rumer Goddin’s opening paragraph from This House of Brede,
“The motto was ‘Pax,’ but the word was set in a circle of thorns. Pax: peace, but what a strange peace, made of unremitting toil and effort, seldom with a seen result; subject to constant interruptions, unexpected demands, short sleep at nights, little comfort, sometimes scant food; beset with disappointments and usually misunderstood; yet peace all the same, undeviating, filled with joy and gratitude and love. ‘It is my own peace I give unto you.’ Not, notice, the world’s peace.”
I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the book, but I’m committing this paragraph to memory now.
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