http://blog.catholicireland.net/2007/09/25/lethal-lottery/ CatholicIreland.net Blog Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://blog.catholicireland.net/2007/09/25/lethal-lottery/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Ann Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:37:37 +0000 http://blog.catholicireland.net/2007/09/25/lethal-lottery/#comment-334 Feed man until he is fed-up; surround him with every material condition to satisfy every passion; give him license to do whatever he pleases; castle him; cajole him; satiate him; coddle him; amuse him - and invariably, after a short time, he will seek what he has not, grasp for something which is beyond his reach, and weep for the unworldly, even in the heart of the world, as he stretches out his hands for that ' unpossessed that makes all possession vain.' Fulton Sheen, Lift up Your Heart. Feed man until he is fed-up; surround him with every material condition to satisfy every passion; give him license to do whatever he pleases; castle him; cajole him; satiate him; coddle him; amuse him – and invariably, after a short time, he will seek what he has not, grasp for something which is beyond his reach, and weep for the unworldly, even in the heart of the world, as he stretches out his hands for that ‘ unpossessed that makes all possession vain.’ Fulton Sheen, Lift up Your Heart.

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