Status Updates From The Forgotten Language: How...

"Christians have always been sky-watchers, from following the star to the nursery of Christ to keeping our faces turned east so we might be the first to greet Him when he returns like the rising sun."

"Choosing a name is a sacred responsibility. I honestly don't know how babies manage to get themselves named. But named they are... Somehow those names, every one, are fitting to each person. To call them by any other word seems absurd. It's a miracle."

"Vestments, singing, incense, statues, bells, holy water - it's all, strictly speaking, unnecessary. Sure, we could cut the prayers to a few sentences to save time, but the Mass wouldn't be the Mass anymore. We would have changed it into a grace-dispensing machine or an intellectual exercise. It's so much more. It's real, the Word become flesh."

This is a beautifully written book. It will take me a long time to get through it all because I'm savoring every word.