the guys in my regular
Catholic men’s group
agree that its OK
to have nice things,
things of high quality,
things that last. it’s true, you
don’t need dozens of the
same thing: a good writing
pen for instance, I have
just one, and I’ve had it
for years; a costly pen,
a pen that was given to me
by a woman who took
off her clothes for a living.
I tried to make that last
but only the pen survived.
Gary Edward Geraci
“Who is the man who will reflect on his weakness, and yet dare to credit his chastity and innocence to his own powers, so that he loves Thee the less, as if he had little need for that mercy by which Thou forgivest sins to those who turn to Thee.” St. Augustine, Confessions, 2, 7