Why, this Satan’s drink is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall fool Satan by baptizing it and making it a truly Christian beverage.
Pope Clement ViiiRead
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Why, this Satan’s drink is so delicious it would be a pity to let the infidels have exclusive use of it. We shall fool Satan by baptizing it and making it a truly Christian beverage.
As long as we are flippant and stupid and shallow and think that we know ourselves, we shall never give ourselves over to Jesus Christ; but when once we become conscious that we are infinitely more than we can fathom, and infinitely greater in possibility either for good or bad than we can know, we shall be only too glad to hand ourselves over to Him.
No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God in a human spirit
Never believe that the so-called random events of life are anything less than God’s appointed order. Be ready to discover His divine designs anywhere and everywhere.
The discovery of God lies in the daily and the ordinary, not in the spectacular and the heroic. If we cannot find God in the routines of home and shop, then we will not find Him at all.
I had prepared myself for prison and torture as a soldier in peacetime prepares for the hardships of war. I had studied the lives of Christians who had faced similar pains and temptations to surrender and thought how I might adapt their experiences. Many who had not so prepared themselves were crushed by suffering, or deluded into saying what they should not.
It is not the strength of your faith that saves you, but the strength of Him upon whom you rely! Christ is able to save you if you come to Him-be your faith weak or be it strong.
Many of us have a mental conception of what a Christian should be, and the lives of the saints become a hindrance to our concentration on God.
We should not pray for God to be on our side, but pray that we may be on God's side.
The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world.
Small yet strong in the love of God, like Saint Francis of Assisi, all of us, as Christians, are called to watch over _x000D_ and protect the fragile world in which we live, and all its peoples.
To be always relevant, you have to say things which are eternal.
We must make good people wish that the Christian faith were true, and then show that it is.
One cannot be aware both of the history of Christian war and of the contents of the gospels without feeling that something is amiss.
The Christian life is not limited to prayer, but requires an ongoing dedication and courage born of prayer.
This is Christian hope, that the future is in God's hands.
The true strength of the Christian is the power of truth and love, which leads to the renunciation of all violence. Faith and violence are incompatible.
Are we ready to be Christians full-time, showing our commitment by word and deed?
The secret of Christian living is love. Only love fills the empty spaces caused by evil.
Before you speak to me about your religion, first show it to me in how you treat other people. Before you tell me how much you love your God, show me in how much you love all His children.
No one in the final analysis really fails to become a Christian because of lack of arguments; he fails to become a Christian because he loves darkness rather than light and wants nothing to do with God.
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