Rainbow over monastery in Denmark. Photo: Oerslev Kloster
The rainbow is God’s logo.
God said to Noah and to his sons with him: See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you: the birds, the tame animals, and all the wild animals that were with you—all that came out of the ark. I will establish my covenant with you, that never again shall all creatures be destroyed by the waters of a flood; there shall not be another flood to devastate the earth. God said: This is the sign of the covenant that I am making between me and you and every living creature with you for all ages to come: I set my bow in the clouds to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth, and the bow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and every living creature—every mortal being—so that the waters will never again become a flood to destroy every mortal being. When the bow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature—every mortal being that is on earth. God told Noah: This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and every mortal being that is on earth.
“Wherefore let us consider how it behoveth us to be in the sight of God and the angels, and so let us take our part in the psalmody that mind and voice accord together.” — St. Benedict
Rainbow over Benedictine Abbey, New Norcia, Australia. Photo – http://mumfordsvswild.wordpress.com/
“We should not wish to see or do anything which could not be done in the presence of God and His creatures, and we shall thus imagine that we are always in His presence.” — St. Ignatius of Loyola.
“A man ought to mortify his understanding in little things, if he wishes easily to mortify it in great ones, and to advance in the way of virtue.” — St. Philip Neri
“One day in spring,” he said, “I was going to see a sick person; the bushes were full of little birds that were singing with all their might. I took pleasure in listening to them, and I said to myself, ‘Poor little birds, you know not what you are doing! What a pity that is! You are singing the praises of God.” — St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Cure of Ars
“I want to follow you and be like you, O my Jesus; I would rather be crucified with you than enjoy all the pleasures of this world without you.” — St. Bernadette Soubirous
“Happy the heart that keeps itself on the cross, in the arms of the Well-Beloved, and that burns only with divine love!” — St. Paul of the Cross
“Let us thank God for having called us to His holy faith. It is a great gift, and the number of those who thank God for it is small.” — St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori
“Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life.” — St. Basil the Great
“When you are in trouble and anxiety, go and plunge yourself in the peace of this adorable Heart, which no one can take from you.” — St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
