'But that, dear reader, is the whole point. The injunctions of the Sermon on the Mount are impossible.' Photo: Bergpredict [Sermon On The Mount], by Emma Schlangenhausen (1882-1947)

‘None of us is perfect and there is no sense in trying. But that is the whole point.’

Keeping counsel: Tony D’Souza’s Thought for the Week

‘None of us is perfect and there is no sense in trying. But that is the whole point.’

by Tony D’Souza 21st October 2022

I have spent forty years trying to do it but I have never been able to. That’s the truth. God knows I have tried. Tried to do what, you ask? Well, to understand the Sermon on the Mount – and, much harder, to live it.