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February 21, 2005
Nice saintly quote...
Just opened a lovely note from a Catholic priest in Canada, which he sent to me while, he said, he was "devouring GTD." He wanted to share a couple of quotes from Josemaria Escriva, a recently canonized priest who founded Opus Dei.
"Order will bring harmony to your life, and lead you to perserverance. Order will give peace to your heart, and weight to your behavior."
"Your are untiring in your activity. But you fail to put order into it, so you do not have as much effect as you should. It reminds me of something I heard once from a very authoritative source. I happend to praise a subordinate in front of his superior. I said, 'How hard he works!' 'You ought to say', I was told, 'How much he rushes around!'
Thanks, Msgr.....
Posted by David at February 21, 2005 04:09 AM
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Catholic sainthood has been somewhat devalued of late, as John Paul II has canonized almost 500 during his tenure (all other twentieth century popes total just 98). One of the ways canonization has been made easier is by abolishing the office commonly known as the Devil's Advocate.
Given Opus Dei's well-documented ties to the fascist regime of General Franco, the word "order" acquires somewhat sinister connotations, specially given Opus Dei's emphasis on obedience.
For more information, check this article from The Guardian:
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Posted by: Fazal majid at February 22, 2005 12:46 PM
I said, 'How hard he works!' 'You ought to say', I was told, 'How much he rushes around!'
A definite Zennish flavor to that one!!
Posted by: Dave at February 23, 2005 07:35 AM
I know the Opus Dei and it does a lot of good things.
All that "fascist" blah blah is crap.
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Posted by: Peter Malcom at March 19, 2005 03:11 AM
"An empty mind is an available mind" - I said that in the midst of coffee shop banter re work habits, responding to "an empty desk indicates an empty mind," causing a thoughtful pause before the egos reasserted their attachment to their clutter...
Posted by: Grace at May 14, 2005 08:52 AM
