There is nothing so secular that it cannot be sacred, and that is one of the deepest messages of the Incarnation.
Interpretation
The quote suggests that everything in life can hold profound significance, blending the secular with the sacred.
Madeleine L'Engle's quote communicates the idea that even the most ordinary aspects of life can possess a deep spiritual essence. This reflects the belief that the divine is present in all things, urging us to recognize the significance and beauty in both the mundane and extraordinary experiences in our lives. The mention of the Incarnation underscores this message, emphasizing the merging of the divine with the everyday human experience.
In practice
In a speech about finding beauty in everyday life.
Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.
George MacDonald gives me renewed strength during times of trouble--times when I have seen people tempted to deny God--when he says, "The Son of God suffered unto death, not that men might not suffer, but that their sufferings might be like his.
If you don't recount your family history, it will be lost. Honor your own stories and tell them too. The tales may not seem very important, but they are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.
I never want to lose the story-loving child within me, or the adolescent, or the young woman, or the middle-aged one, because all together they help me to be fully alive on this journey, and show me that I must be willing to go where it takes me, even through the valley of the shadow.
The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.
When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.
People who get nostalgic about childhood were obviously never children.
Jesus Christ out-socialists the socialists. He says that in His Kingdom he that is greatest shall be the servant of all. The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples' feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God.
I am your dwarf. I am the enemy within. I am the boss of your dreams. See. Your hand shakes. It is not palsy or booze. It is your Doppelganger trying to get out. Beware...Beware...
There is no substitute for virtue. Keep your thoughts virtuous. Rise above the filth that's all around you in this world and stand tall in strength and virtue. You can do this and you will be happier for it for as long as you live. God bless you in cherishing, developing and holding on to this great gift, the quality of personal virtue.
If our lives do not reflect radical compassion for the poor, there is reason to wonder if Christ is really in us at all
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