“ God, nevertheless, required a little help from men, and what he mostly got was hindrance. ”
Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.
~ Ellis Peters
The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand.
Once, I remember, Father Abbot said that our purpose is justice, and with God lies the privilege of mercy. But even God, when he intends mercy, needs tools to his hand.
There never was, for all I could ever learn, a time when living was easy and peaceful.
