All is Grace

by Russ Masterson

I ran into this quote in the front of a book, Devotional Cinema, recommended to me by Phil Morrison, the director of the film, Junebug, which I reviewed over on Mockingbird blog a year or so ago. I’m just beginning the book, but the opening quote is too beautiful not to share. And I think the interesting consideration is that the quote’s beauty is not found in the arrogance of big words but in the honesty and awareness of the moment.

“He did not seem to hear me. But a few moments later he put his hand on mine and his eyes clearly indicated that I should lean closer. He then said very slowly, but altogether distinctly, the following words, which I record here exactly: What does it matter? All is grace.

He died, I believe, just after.”

- Georges Bernanos
Diary of a Country Priest

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