I was wandering through my book shelf this morning and came upon Thane’s “Old Wine in New Bottles”.  I flipped open the pages and fell upon these words contained in the chapter, “The Order of Melchizedek”.

“The greatest ritual is the act of living kindly each day. Flames on, or before the alters, become dim when our very living expresses an adoration and veneration for the Flame of Divinity that abides in the center of every being we meet.  Prayers and verbal devotions can never be as sweet, beautiful and fitting as the word of ‘I find no sin in you’ spoken to erring humanity.”