St Mary Magdalene in Penitence with the Crucifix — El Greco, c. 1587-97 Some people never look up until they are flat on their backs; they never think of God until they are face to face with some disaster. A great deal of rust requires a sharp file. Many a person would never think upon the meaning of life unless sickness had detached him from his great love of the foibles of this life.—Archbishop Fulton Sheen

St Mary Magdalene in Penitence with the Crucifix — El Greco, c. 1587-97

Some people never look up until they are flat on their backs; they never think of God until they are face to face with some disaster. A great deal of rust requires a sharp file. Many a person would never think upon the meaning of life unless sickness had detached him from his great love of the foibles of this life.
—Archbishop Fulton Sheen

(via signum-crucis)