A Path Through . . .

(Found here ) “What can I say, fragile vase that I am? I will go on the trodden paths and thus associate myself with others who have said such things. Honestly, if the sky and the earth turned out to be a piece of parchment floating through the air, if the depths of the sea were changed into solid ground and all intersections were abolished . . . one could still not grasp the grandeur, the size, the height, the depth, the sublimity of the Almighty, nor even speak of the divinity, the knowledge, the mercy, and the gentleness of Him who is called God. And since he is so great that no one can grasp his essence, I invite you to fear him and to love him with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind. In all your ways and acts, bless him and celebrate him, ‘for he is good, and his mercy lasts forever.’” ~Dhuoda (from a handbook she wrote to her young son William in the middle of the ninth century)