“The Church always seems as though she ought to be sinking, and yet, she is already saved.”
—Pope Benedict XVI (via becket)
September 2011
“Who has not heard Dostoevsky’s oft-quoted remark, “Beauty will save us?” Usually people forget to mention, however, that by redeeming beauty Dostoevsky means Christ. He it is whom we must learn to see. If we cease to know him only through words but are struck by the arrow of his paradoxical beauty, then we will truly come to know him and will no longer merely know about him at second-hand. Then we will have encountered the beauty of truth, of redeeming truth. Nothing can bring us into contact with the beauty of Christ himself more than the world of beauty created by faith and the light that shines upon the faces of the saints, through which his own light becomes visible.”
—Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (via fathershane)
Woman...Who Loves Truth: Acts 17:24-27 →
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The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines. Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all [people].
And He made…
“The higher the love, the more demands will be made on us to conform to that idea. To a great extent the level of any civilization is the level of its womanhood. When a man loves a woman, he has to become worthy of her. The higher her virtue, the more noble her character, the more devoted she is to truth, justice, and goodness, the more a man has to aspire to be worthy of her. The history of civilization could actually be written in terms of the level of its women.”
—Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Life is Worth Living (via pursuingchastity)
“Since we are made for God and are moving toward God, only God can fill the emptiness in our hearts.”
—Bishop Curtis Guillory (Beaumont)
August 2011
“With great strength and great conviction, on the basis of long personal experience of life, I say to you, dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ – and you will find true life.”
—Pope Benedict XVI (via fathershane)
Sermo Veritas: Writtings of Saint Rose of Lima →
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Our Lord and Savior lifted up His voice and said with incomparable majesty:”Let all men know that grace comes after tribulation. Let them know that without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the heights of grace. Let them know that the gifts of grace increase as the struggles…
“You might be the only Bible people ever read.”
—St. Francis of Assisi (via catho-lit)
When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete. – St. Augustine
“When you are with someone, you have to see a soul: a soul who has to be helped, who has to be understood, with whom you have to live in harmony, and who has to be saved.”
—St. Josemaria Escriva, The Forge, #573 (via joecatholic)
When I am completely united to you, there will be no more sorrow or trials; entirely full of you, my life will be complete. – St. Augustine
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. – Proverbs 10:12
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“Stand up and tell them all that I command you.” –Jeremiah 1:17John the Baptizer called the religious leaders of his time a “brood of vipers” (Mt 3:7). He said they would “burn in unquenchable fire” if they did not repent (Mt 3:12). John was the greatest prophet who had ever lived (Mt 11:11). He…
On this day of your life we believe God wants you to know ... that yesterday is a thing of the past.
Do not be hard on yourself about things you cannot change. The past is past and it’s time to move on.
“Our dear God loves to be bothered.”
—St. John Vianney (via fathershane)
“With great strength and great conviction, on the basis of long personal experience of life, I say to you, dear young people: Do not be afraid of Christ! He takes nothing away, and he gives you everything. When we give ourselves to him, we receive a hundredfold in return. Yes, open, open wide the doors to Christ – and you will find true life.”
—Pope Benedict XVI (via fathershane)
