This blog is a collection of the messages of support sent out via e-mail or posted on the web since the diagnosis of Rick's brain cancer. There are links to music, lyrics to songs, scripture passages, prayers, and more.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Take Joy

Dear Friends,

"I salute You! There is nothing I can give you which you have not; but there is much, that, while I cannot give, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take Heaven. No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant. Take Peace. The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take Joy. And so, at this Christmas time, I greet you, with the prayer that for you, now and forever, the day breaks and the shadows flee away."

Fra Giovanni (from a letter written in 1513)

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