So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown
When judges have been babes; great floods have flown
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So holy writ in babes hath judgment shown
When judges have been babes; great floods have flown
From simple sources, and great seas have dried
When miracles have by the greatest been denied.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.

Had Tibet not fallen away from dharma
China could not have invaded.
(in reference to violation of Buddha's
forbidding animal read more

Had Tibet not fallen away from dharma
China could not have invaded.
(in reference to violation of Buddha's
forbidding animal slaughter).

All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.

All change is a miracle to contemplate; but it is a miracle which is taking place every second.

An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected."

An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected."

Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
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Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life;
Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,
Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife,
And so turns wine to water back again.
- Richard Crashaw,

Even miracles take a little time

Even miracles take a little time

The water owns a power Divine,
And conscious blushes into wine;
Its very nature changed displays
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The water owns a power Divine,
And conscious blushes into wine;
Its very nature changed displays
The power Divine that it obeys.

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat read more

I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see.