This Folly of the Cross

This love, this foolishness of love, illustrated in the book of Osee (Hosea) in the Old Testament and in the story of the prodigal son in the New, this folly of the Cross, was the sum and substance of the retreat.  "O taste, and see that the Lord is sweet!"  "How precious is the mercy of God; the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings; they are filled with the bounteousness of thy house, and thou givest them to drink of the torrent of thy delights.  For with thee is the foundation of life, and in thy light we see light.".--Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness, pg. 255-256.