The Arrow's Path

From the Office of Readings today. Why are we salt? ________ Second Reading From a homily on Matthew by St John Chrysostom, bishop Salt of the earth and light of the world You are the salt of the earth. It is not for your own sake, he says, but for the world’s sake that the word is entrusted to you. I am not sending you only into two cities only or ten to twenty, not to a single nation, as I sent the prophets of old, but across land and sea, to the whole world. And that world is in a miserable state. For when he says: You are the salt of the earth, he is indicating that all mankind had lost its savour and had been corrupted by sin. Therefore, he requires of these men those virtues which are especially useful and even necessary if they are to bear the burdens of many. For the man who is kindly, modest, merciful and just will not keep his good works to himself but will see to it that these admirable fountains send out their streams for the good of others. Again, the man

You get called out on social media by a Peer of the Realm over buffoonery in a Cathedral. Yeah, don't talk to me. I am bad and must go sit in a corner of the internet without my tea. Oh, Lord Bishop, one more thing: Thomas Jefferson was right.

If you are interested in a ripping good WWII intrigue this fine afternoon: https ://www.historynet.com/vatican-intrique-priest-outwits-nazies.htm

This will likely blow up more Protestant folks, but this is amazing . This is the beginning of understanding the Catholic mind.

I did not shoot my eye out...