Here Is My Secret

Here is my secret. It is very simple:

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;

what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Littleprince

“One sees clearly only with the heart. What is essential is invisible to the eye.”

Le Petit Prince (1943) is a novel by Antoine de Saint Exupéry

 

 

33 Days of Merciful Love

The Marians of the Immaculate Conception are offering the book ’33 Days of Merciful Love’ for the Consecration to Divine Mercy. Their website to get this book is marian.org/merciful. This is a wonderful opportunity to both reflect on the message of Divine Mercy and to be praying for Mercy throughout the Jubilee Year.

Next Step, Next Breath, Check Out Momo

“…it’s like this. Sometimes, when you’ve a very long street ahead of you, you think how terribly long it is and feel sure you’ll never get it swept. And then you start to hurry. You work faster and faster and every time you look up there seems to be just as much left to sweep as before, and you try even harder, and you panic, and in the end you’re out of breath and have to stop–and still the street stretches away in front of you. That’s not the way to do it.

You must never think of the whole street at once, understand? You must only concentrate on the next step, the next breath, the next stroke of the broom, and the next, and the next. Nothing else.

That way you enjoy your work, which is important, because then you make a good job of it. And that’s how it ought to be.

And all at once, before you know it, you find you’ve swept the whole street clean, bit by bit. what’s more, you aren’t out of breath. That’s important, too… (28-29)”
Michael Ende, Momo

 

Michael Ende was one of the most popular German authors of the 20th Century, captivating millions of children around the world with his fantasy stories. His most successful book, The NeverEnding Story (1979) has been translated into more than 30 languages, made into a hit movie in 1984, and remains a much-loved, international bestseller.