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Things exercise a certain tyranny over us. Whenever I am checking bags at an airport, I recall St. Teresa of Avila’s wonderful prayer of praise, “Thank God for the things that I do not own.” Things are truly baggage, our impedmenta, which must be maintained with work that is menial, steady and recurring.
— Jan 17, 2019 02:47AM
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But, like liturgy, the work of cleaning draws much of its meaning and value from repetition, from the fact that it is never completed, but only set aside until the next day. Both liturgy and what is euphemistically termed “domestic” work also have an intense relation with the present moment, a kind of faith in the present that fosters hope and makes life seem possible in the day-to-day.
— Jan 17, 2019 02:47AM
