“The Sacrament of the Body of the Lord puts the demons to flight, defends us against the incentives to vice and to concupiscence, cleanses the soul from sin, quiets the anger of God, enlightens the understanding to know God, inflames the will and the affections with the love of God, fills the memory with spiritual sweetness, confirms the entire man in good, frees us from eternal death, multiplies the merits of a good life, leads us to our everlasting home, and re-animates the body to eternal life” KnowsMenSoulHomeBodySpiritualUnderstandingMemoriesSinLordEternalAffectionVicesFlightGod LoveMeritDemonGood LifeSacramentsSweetnessEverlastingIncentivesKnowing GodEnlighteningEternal Life Author:Thomas Aquinas
“I have known exile and a wild passion Of longing changing to a cold ache. King, beggar and fool , I have been all by turns, Knowing the body's sweetness, the mind 's treason ; Taliesin still, I show you a new world , risen, Stubborn with beauty , out of the heart 's need .” WorldNeedsMindHeartHas BeensStillsShowsBodyTurnsPassionKnownKnowingFoolColdKingsLongingNew WorldStubbornSweetnessAcheExileBeggarRisenTreasonWild Passion Author:R. S. Thomas
“We all experience 'soul moments' in life-when we see a magnificent sunrise, hear the call of the loon, see the wrinkles in our mother's hands, or smell the sweetness of a baby. During these moments, our body, as well as our brain, resonates as we experience the glory of being a human being.” HumansWellsSoulMomentsBodyHandsMotherHuman BeingsBrainBabyGlorySmellMagnificentSunriseSweetnessWrinkles Author:Marion Woodman
“Let thy mind's sweetness have its operation upon thy body, clothes, and habitation.” MindBodyClothesOperationsPuritySweetness Author:George Herbert