[T]he Church fasts and prays in order to have less flesh by mortification, and by prayer to acquire wings, because prayer is the soul’s wing by which it flies to heaven.
I've been frantic at work for the last month and haven't been able to keep up with your work. Now I sit down and read this and...Kate Bluett is now...daubing suave goofiness on her excellent paintings. Love it! I'll just quote my favorite (non goofy) lines: but they that fly to heaven, you see, / are breath and prayer, are quick and light. / An ostrich in God’s aviary, / I cannot match their upward flight.
Brought to tears. Thank you!
Thank you for reading!
So great. As always.
I am befuddled. I’ve never known someone to combine silliness and sincerity so deftly as to leave me both wanting to chuckle and heaving a sob.
Thank you. That's what I was aiming for.
I've been frantic at work for the last month and haven't been able to keep up with your work. Now I sit down and read this and...Kate Bluett is now...daubing suave goofiness on her excellent paintings. Love it! I'll just quote my favorite (non goofy) lines: but they that fly to heaven, you see, / are breath and prayer, are quick and light. / An ostrich in God’s aviary, / I cannot match their upward flight.
It’s hard not to be goofy when the inspiring sentence is such a winner!
I love the whole aviary here. And how you put yourself as the ostrich.
Also, "shepped" is brilliant.