Occupation: Professor Birth: 1937
Cats don't need to be possessed; they're evil on their own..
Life is hard, but death is even harder..
Now suppose both death and hell were utterly defeated. Suppose the fight was fixed. Suppose God took you on a crystal ball trip into your future an….
It is said that there are three sources of evil, "the world, the flesh, and the Devil"; but the world and the flesh would be innocent were it not for….
It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil..
The more we realize we are loved, the more ashamed we are not to love back. The more we sin as a violation of love, not just of law, the more powerfu….
Reason alone cannot give you a whole steak, but it sure helps with identifying bologna..
Life is always fatal. No one gets out of it alive.
Our destiny is to be so intimately united with God that, as the mystics say, we not only see God's face but also see with God's face..
God allows unjust disparities between rich and poor because He does not miraculously intervene to establish justice against human wills. Also, discre….
The self is like a baseball. Throw it back to the divine pitcher who pitched it to you in the first place, and the game of love goes on. Hold it, and….
We sin because we see sin as a bargain. We unconsciously calculate that it’s worth it, that it pays..
Sacraments are like hoses. They are the channels of the living water of God's grace. Our faith is like opening the faucet. We can open it a lot, a li….
Kindness-mere kindness-cannot tolerate suffering. Love can..
Atheism is cheap on people, because it snobbishly says nine out of ten people through history have been wrong about God and have had a lie at the cor….
The best answer to the problem of evil is not one so much found on paper but on wood..
If God is the Creator of all things and evil is a thing, then God is the Creator of evil and He is to be blamed for its existence. No, evil is not a ….
Atheism cheapens everything it touches - look at the results of communism, the most powerful form of atheism on earth..
Since we are [Christ's] body, we too are the bread that is broken for others. Our failures help heal other lives; our very tears help wipe away tears….
Intellectuals resist faith longer because they can: where ordinary people are helpless before the light, intellectuals are clever enough to spin webs….
Sin comes from not realizing God's love. Sin comes from thinking ourselves only as sinners, while overcoming sin comes from thinking ourselves as ove….