September 7

“The deliverance of the soul from all useless and selfish and unquiet cares, brings to it an unspeakable peace and freedom; this is true simplicity. This state of entire resignation and perpetual acquiescence produces true liberty; and this liberty brings perfect simplicity. The soul which knows no self-seeking, no interested ends, is thoroughly candid; it goes straight forward without hindrance; its path opens daily more and more to ‘perfect day’, in proportion as its self-renunciation and its self-forgetfulness increase; and its peace, amid whatever troubles beset it, will be as boundless as the depths of the sea.”

Fénélon

“I think not of to-morrow,
Its trial or its task;
But still, with child-like spirit,
For present mercies ask.
With each returning morning,
I cast old things away;
Life’s journey lies before me –
My prayer is for to-day.”