Sabbath

Christian professor Henri Blocher of France, writes: "Sabbath protects us from total absorption by the task of subduing the earth. It anticipates the distortion which makes work the sum and purpose of human life, and it informs us that we will not fulfill our humanity in our relation to the world which we are transforming until we raise our eyes above, in the blessed, holy hour of Communion with our Lord. The essence of mankind is not work. Nor is the essence of mankind rest or play."

Selling

Ernest Dichter, generally acknowledged to be the inventor of image advertising, advised one of his associates that the "best technique for selling is to paint for the customer a total picture of the kind of person he or she would like to be and then make them believe your product is a necessary part of that picture."  (quoted by Sally Helgesen in Harper's Magazine)
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Angels in our Midst

Bridge of Angels, Rome

Anyone Can Enter

No one is born there. Everyone must choose to go there, the religious and the non-religious. Whether we know ourselves to be 'chosen' or not, each one of us may know that we are invited, called to the party, called to the banquet, called to the Life that Jesus called 'abundant.'

Listen to Your Life

“You never know what may cause them. The sight of the Atlantic Ocean can do it, or a piece of music, or a face you’ve never seen before. A pair of somebody’s old shoes can do it…. You can never be sure. But of this you can be sure. Whenever you find tears in your eyes, especially unexpected tears, it is well to pay the closest attention. They are not only telling you something about the secret of who you are, but more often than not God is speaking to you through them of the mystery of where you have come from and is summoning you to where, if your soul is to be saved, you should go next.” - Frederick Buechner, 'Beyond Words'