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We Call This Friday Good

April 18, 2014 By Haley 5 Comments

Welcome to Carrots! I'm so glad you're here. This is where I share thoughts on liturgical living, faith, parenting, culture, and an extra dose of Jane Austen. You can sign up for my email newsletter here to stay in touch, or look me up on Instagram!

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we call this friday good

Good Friday is here. We are so close to Easter, but Resurrection doesn’t mean much if we haven’t entered into Christ’s Passion. If you have a chance, try to read from T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets, particularly East Coker, IV.

The wounded surgeon plies the steel

That questions the distempered part;

Beneath the bleeding hands we feel

The sharp compassion of the healer’s art

Resolving the enigma of the fever chart.

 

Our only health is the disease

If we obey the dying nurse

Whose constant care is not to please

But to remind of our, and Adam’s curse, 

And that, to be restored, our sickness must grow worse…

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  1. Annie says

    April 18, 2014 at 8:49 pm

    Oh, I do love Eliot. Thanks for reminding me of this today,

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  2. Susan A says

    April 18, 2014 at 9:31 pm

    I love Eliot but somehow had not seen this. So powerful. Thanks for posting.

    Reply
  3. Shannon says

    April 20, 2014 at 6:39 pm

    Just wanted to tell you that my husband and I were confirmed at the Vigil last night, and you’ve got some credit to take for it! Lots of love in my heart for this lil’ blog that eased me so gently into the Catholic faith! (btw found it via Holly Fish 🙂 Looking forward to meeting you at Edel!

    Reply
    • Haley says

      April 20, 2014 at 11:45 pm

      So happy for you, Shannon!

      And I get to hang out with Holly this week in Waco! yay! Can’t wait to meet you at Edel 🙂

      Reply
    • Christie @ Everything to Someone says

      April 22, 2014 at 6:28 am

      Congratulations!

      Reply

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