Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330 Wherever we turn in the church of God, there is Jesus. He is the beginning, middle, and end of everything to us... There is nothing good, nothing holy, nothing beautiful, nothing joyous, which He is not to His servants. No one need be poor, because, if he chooses, he can have Jesus for his own property and possession. No one need be downcast, for Jesus is the joy of heaven, and it is His joy to enter into sorrowful hearts. We can exaggerate about many things; but we can never exaggerate our obligation to Jesus., or the compassionate abundance of the love of Jesus to us. All our lives long we might talk of Jesus, and yet we should never come to an end of the sweet things that night be said of Him. Eternity will not be long enough to learn all He is, or to praise Him for all He has done -- but then, that matters not; for we shall be always with Him, and we desire nothing more.
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MICHEL FABER He only wished he’d had the chance to explain more fully how prayer worked. That it wasn’t a mat... MICHEL FABER He thought about history, the hidden human anxieties behind momentous events. The tiny trivial thing... MICHEL FABER The highway looked different to him now, as they drove on. In theory it was the same stretch of tarm... MICHEL FABER Why was even the shallowest human conversation so fraught with pitfalls and tricky calibrations? Why... MICHEL FABER I was a wonderful parent before I had children. ADELE FABER We can use diversion structures to redirect sediment (coming down the river) that is now going off t... SCOTT FABER We can use diversion structures to redirect sediment (coming down the river) that is now going off t... SCOTT FABER These days, the bigger the company, the less you can figure out what it does. MICHEL FABER Anyway, when sophisticated technology fails, primitive technology steps in to do the job. MICHEL FABER I do know some of the world's richest people. In monetary terms, they all performed very well. I... MARC FABER I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romn... MARC FABER I am pretty sure central banks will continue to print money, and the standards of living for people ... MARC FABER If you print money like in Zimbabwe... the purchasing power of money goes down, and the standards of... MARC FABER When you print money, the money does not flow evenly into the economic system. It stays essentially ... MARC FABER What do you expect? This place is one big anti-climax. MICHEL FABER I think throughout the 20th century, for some reason, serious writers increasingly had contempt for ... MICHEL FABER Most books are surplus to the world's requirements, and I am going to sound very conceited here,... MICHEL FABER When we ask bureaucrats to identify who is responsible for fixing anything, they reassure us that th... MICHEL FABER Of course I know that the twins are only words on a page, and I'm certainly not the sort of writer w... MICHEL FABER When we first saw the film, we knew that Felicity's performance would drive the box office on the fi... GARY FABER We're being fiscally smart? We're going slow to let it build. GARY FABER He will not come back right away, he will probably try to put up a front man. I don't think his char... MARC FABER I wouldn't buy the Indian stock market today. It is not a bargain. If it goes too much higher, it co... MARC FABER Geopolitical tensions are on the rise and could at some point in the future have a very negative imp... MARC FABER Over the last six to nine months the economy has performed again much better. MARC FABER If you are eager to invest in countries that have good corporate governance, don't invest in emergin... MARC FABER I'm very positive regarding Japan's markets, MARC FABER The Japanese share market will strongly outperform New York in the next five years, ... The enormous... MARC FABER It's a step in the right direction, although not a big step, ... helps stabilize the currency for a ... MARC FABER It is still a job seeker's market. Florida has the fastest growth rate in the nation and has the low... JOELLY FABER Job seekers are in a really good position right now. With Florida's low unemployment rate and a grow... JOELLY FABER Jesus! why dost Thou love me so? What hast Thou seen in me To make my happiness so great, So dear... FREDRICK WILLIAM FABER The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. FREDERICK DOUGLASS Whether you're a newspaper journalist, a lawyer, a doctor. You have to organize your thoughts. FREDERICK WISEMAN Everybody has asked the question, and they learned to ask it early of the abolitionists, 'What s... FREDERICK DOUGLASS Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice... FREDERICK DOUGLASS That which is inhuman cannot be divine. FREDERICK DOUGLASS The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous. FREDERICK DOUGLASS At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. FREDERICK DOUGLASS Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. FREDERICK DOUGLASS What to the Slave is the 4th of July. FREDERICK DOUGLASS I didn't know I was a slave until I found out I couldn't do the things I wanted. FREDERICK DOUGLASS One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor. FREDERICK FARRAR Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon myster... FREDERICK BUECHNER Something terrible happens, and you might say, "God help us!", or "Jesus Christ!" -- the poor, cripp... FREDERICK BUECHNER According to Jesus, by far the most important thing about praying is to keep at it... Be importunate... FREDERICK BUECHNER