He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
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He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
Desire to see God, be fearful of losing Him, and find joy in everything that can lead to Him. If you act in this way, you will always live in great peace.
No man can attain to the knowledge of God but by humility. The way to mount high is to descend.
Christ has no body now but mine. He prays in me, works in me, looks through my eyes, speaks through my words, works through my hands, walks with my feet and loves with my heart.
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
Father of mercy and God of all consolation, graciously look upon me and impart to me the blessing which flows from this holy Sacrament. Overshadow me with Your loving kindness, and let this divine Mystery bear fruit in me.
I do not know if there is a more dreadful word in the English language than that word "lost."
God made life, and God alone can tell us its meaning.
Faith is like the hand of the beggar that takes the gift while adding nothing to it.
Not everyone is your brother or sister in the faith, but everyone is your neighbor, and you must love your neighbor.
Let thy hope of heaven master thy fear of death.
To throw the Christian into the furnace is to put him into Christ's parlor; for lo! Jesus Christ is walking with him.
A little lie is like a little pregnancy it doesn't take long before everyone knows.
If worship does not change us it has not been worship.
The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get.
God, in the end, gives people what they most want, including freedom from himself. What could be more fair?
Do you believe that Jesus is worth abandoning everything for? Do you believe him enough to obey him and to follow him wherever he leads, even when the crowds in our culture - maybe even our churches - turn the other way?
If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry.
If our lives are easy, and if all we ever attempt for God is what we know we can handle, how will we ever experience His omnipotence in our lives?
The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end
Nobody can call himself a Christian who does not worship Jesus.
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