Humor can be a means by which the world subtly influences us. When we laugh at something, we tend to accept it and think it is okay, good, or appropriate. Slowly, over time, we begin to accept things that we rejected earlier. We begin to ignore our moral beliefs, we compromise with the world, and we sin – first in thought and later in word and deed. The next time you watch a sitcom, analyze what you’re really laughing at. You probably won’t laugh as much anymore – you’ll probably turn the TV off.
Karl Graustein

THE DAWN IS SΡRΙΝΚLIΝG

Aurora jam spargit polum.

The dawn is sprinkling in the east
Its golden shower, as day flows in;
Fast mount the pointed shafts of light; —
Farewell to darkness and to sin!

Away, ye midnight phantoms all!
Away, despondence and despair!
Whatever guilt the night has brought,
Now let it vanish into air.

So, Lord, when that last morning breaks
Which shrouds in darkness earth and skies,
May it on us, low bending here,
Arrayed in joyful light arise!

To God the Father glory be.
And to His sole-begotten Son;
The same, O Holy Ghost, to Thee,
While everlasting ages run.