Right Relations With God
Jesus, speaking to the crowds and to his disciples, said:
“The Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees now occupy the chair of Moses. Therefore practise and lay to heart everything that they tell you, but do not follow their example, for they preach but do not practise. While they make up heavy loads and pile them on other men’s shoulders, they decline, themselves, to lift a finger to move them. All their actions are done to attract attention. They widen their phylacteries, and increase the size of their tassels, and like to have the place of honor at dinner, and the best seats in the Synagogues, and to be greeted in the markets with respect, and to be called Rabbi by everybody. But do not you allow yourselves to be called Rabbi, for you have only one Teacher, and you yourselves are all Brothers. And do not call any one on the earth your Father, for you have only one Father, the heavenly Father. Nor must you allow yourselves to be called Leaders, for you have only one Leader, the Christ The man who would be the greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever shall exalt himself will be humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be exalted.
—Matthew.
A good home is the noblest monument anyone can build.
Loveliness Within
Never mind, children dear, about plainness of face,
But strive all you can to be lovely within,
And the beautiful spirit will clothe you with grace,
And this is a joy every mortal can win.
—Celia Thaxter.