Wise Words On Wednesday: Treats

“When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.”
G.K. Chesterton, The Chesterton Review, Feb., 1984
"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine

“When giving treats to friends or children, give them what they like, emphatically not what is good for them.”
G.K. Chesterton, The Chesterton Review, Feb., 1984
One of my favourite songs is The Blessing:
I’ve previously shared a crowd-sourced version of the song, but my friend Jason recently shared an international collection of them on Facebook…
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!”
Revelation 7:9-10

“It is impossible for any created good to constitute man’s happiness.”
St. Thomas Aquinas
Some lovely instrumental music for today’s offering…
My wife and I are currently reading Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson. This prompted me to look online for a TV series he recorded which related to one of his earlier books, Notes From A Small Island: