Sed per Fidem

Saint Clement I in a Letter

Non, per nosipsos iustificamur.. sed per fidem

LH III:58

Saint Clement I, Pope describes in his letter, it is not the constellation of my attributes, God-given as they are, but by Faith, (fides, trust, loyalty, honour, conduct,) that I can be harmoniously balanced.

HH Benedict XVI Pope Emeritus talked richly of Fides in his address to HM the Queen at Edinburgh, and in Glasgow, September 16, 2010. See my Latin Words and Topics' Journal.

Since the start of Ordinary Time, the Lections in the Liturgy of the Hours have come from The Book of Sirach. An arresting touchstone of personality is sketched of our Father Abraham:

In carne eius stare fecit testamentum

LH III:56

This signals the spiritual arousal of the Bris, described by a rabbi, and Ben Sirach mystically reports this quality.

Supper

The picture was taken with a Fuji X-E1 at supper. Mr G comes round to the farm each Saturday just before three in the afternoon with vegetables, most from neighbouring market gardens. The produce is rustic, rude, but nutritious and full of flavour. Fresh beetroot I prepare in the pressure cooker, dress it with cider vinegar, demerara sugar, and salt.

Take a tin of  black beans, and a tin of chopped tomatoes. Pour them into a plastic storage container for refrigeration, after placing a serving in a pan to heat carefully.

The salad ingredients are local, save for the exquisite Kalamata olives.

I am what I eat. In many more ways than alimentary. As Father Abraham:

In carne eius stare fecit testamentum

LH III:56

The mystery of a simple repast..

Sed per fidem

LH III:58

Acknowledgements

Liturgia Horarum III