Fr. John Delaney S.J. (1906-1956), who is best known as the man who instigated the creation of modernist Chapel of the Holy Sacrifice, at the University of the Philippines.💚 He was also a teacher and administrator at the Ateneo de Manila, and had taught me and my wife about life and catholicism when we were students at the University of the Philippines from 1952-1956.
The priest was taking her Communion one morning in one of those picture card old Irish cottages, whitewashed, thatch-roofed, roses by the door and all. In one of the little rooms the old lady lay in bed and as she saw the priest coming in with the Body and Blood of the Saviour, she tried to lift herself up in bed. She couldn't, and a tear ran down her cheeks as the priest approached the bedside. 'Father, she said, 'isn't it terrible? Here's my Lord Himself coming into my poor house and I can't even be on my knees to welcome Him. But, Father, and a smile lighted her face, 'Father, will you tell Him for me that on the knees of my heart I welcome Him! On the knees of my heart. . . . Grand phrase, isn't it, Father?'
Grand phrase! That's poetry. Keep it in your mind the next time you approach the Communion rail. On the knees of my heart. . . ."
Fr. John P. Delaney, SJ My Mind Still Wanders
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Meanwhile. My Food For Thought for Today:
It's time to adjust our perspective and to recognize that AI is a foundational technology whose predictive and analytical power will reshape many aspects of modern life and the modern economy.NICHOLAS THOMPSON, CEO OF THE ATLANTIC
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