"And if all could with one voice be asked whether they wished to be happy, there is no doubt they would all answer that they would. And this would no… - Augustine of Hippo

All those of you who rejoice in peace, now it is time to judge the truth....
Undoubtedly in days gone by there were holy men as Scripture tells,
For God stated that he left behind seven thousand men in safety,
And there are many priests and kings who are righteous under the law,
There you find so many of the prophets, and many of the people too.
Tell me which of the righteous of that time claimed an altar for himself?
That wicked nation perpetrated a very large number of crimes,
They sacrificed to idols and may prophets were put to death,
Yet not a single one of the righteous withdrew from unity.
The righteous endured the unrighteous while waiting for the winnower:
They all mingled in one temple but were not mingled in their hearts;
They said such things against them yet they had a single altar.

Late have I loved you, Beauty so very ancient and so ever new. Late I have loved you! You were within, but I was without.

Thou hast made us for Thyself, and the heart never resteth till it findeth rest in Thee.