This Sunday’s readings: Psalm 8

Reflections

When I have gazed into these stars, have they not looked down upon me as if with pity from their serene spaces, like eyes glistening with heavenly tears over the little lot of man?
~ Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, Scottish writer and historian

The ultimate test of our spirituality is the measure of our amazement at the grace of God.
~ D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 1899-1981, Welsh medical doctor and preacher

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God. This is the true self. Every other identity is illusion.
~ Brennan Manning, from Abba’s Child: The Cry of the Heart

Think about what people are doing on Facebook today. They are keeping up with their friends and family, but they are also building an image and identity for themselves, which in a sense is their brand.
~ Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook

In fact, what is called the secular mentality consists simply of those who, so to speak, mortgage themselves to the world. They use their talents to amass wealth, carry on enterprises. They try to make a name for themselves, but themselves they have not become. Spiritually speaking, they have no self, no self with which they can venture anything, no self before God.
~ Soren Kierkegaard

“Who are you?”
“No one of consequence.”
“I must know.”
“Get used to disappointment.”
~ William Goldman, The Princess Bride