Monday in the Third Week in Lent
"Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists" – Joseph de Maistre
Once upon a time, I spent many evenings in Matti’s study in front of the fireplace with his companionable, if flatulent, dog and reams of papers, notes, and scrolls.
Matti was a consummate scholar, trained and educated in the Middle East. He was reminiscent of early church clergy who tended to be polyglots with a broad r…