Weekly Pause & Ponder

Even though the disciples were not aware of it, the presence was with them while they were reviewing the scriptures together on the road. Hence forth, we will catch only a fleeting glimpse of it – in the study of sacred writings, in other human beings, in liturgy, and in communion with strangers. But these moments remind us that our fellow men and women are themselves sacred; there is something about them that is worthy of absolute reverence, is in the last resort mysterious, and will always elude us.

Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2637.karen-armstrong