I have ascended to the highest in me, and look! The Lord is towering above that. In my curiosity I have descended to explore my lowest depths, yet I found God even deeper. If I looked outside myself, I saw God stretching beyond the furthest I could see; and if I looked within, God was yet further within. Then I knew the truth of what I had read, "In God we live and move and have our being."
—Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercian, 12th Century
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The Month of March Devoted to Saint Joseph
Saints: Saint John Climacus, or Saint John the Ladder (579-649); Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435-1472)
Readings of the Day
Rule of Saint Benedict: Ch 48:22-25 The Daily Manual Labor
Mass: Gn 17:3-9; Resp Ps 105; Jn 8:51-59
Look to the Lord in His strength.
