Magnify

And Mary said, My soul does magnify  the Lord,  and my spirit  rejoices in God my Savior.  Luke 1:46-47 I’m not Roman Catholic. But, still. Only 27 percent?  What about the “Round yon virgin,” or the Herald Angels’, “offspring of a virgin’s womb”? Or, modern fav-everyone from Mary J. Blige to Clay Aiken to Kenny Rogers have all…

Bid Envy Cease

“Envy” panel, from Hieronymus Bosch’s, The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things, c. 1500  Both the service and the reward are all of grace. The service itself is given us of God, and God rewards the service which he himself has given. We might almost speak of this an an eccentricity of grace……