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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.
Love without truth devolves into sentimentality. Truth without love becomes cold and calculated.
The soul is like an uninhabited world that comes to life only when God lays His head against us.
The next challenge for Christianity is to remind Europeans that we are called to seek the truth.
If God is the center of your life, no words are necessary. Your mere presence will touch hearts.
Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.
Peace is worth more than all worldly possessions; in addition, God rewards it even in this life.
The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.
The Catholic men are more upset about women not being able to be priests than are Catholic women.
The Rose which here on earth is now perceived by me, has blossomed thus in god from all eternity.
As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
If you descend into somebody else's private hell and stand there with them, it ceases to be hell.
Happy is the soul that knows how to find Jesus in the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in all things!
Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
Whatever a man has in superabundance is owed, of natural right, to the poor for their sustenance.
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principle of individuation is matter.
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
Let us be submissive to Providence, He will see to our affairs in His own time and in His own way
. . . [R]estlessness usually stems from pride and from being discontented with one's lot in life.
When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.
The building of a just society means overcoming every obstacle to the creation of authentic peace.
You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking.
To live in the present, we must deeply believe that what is most important is in the here and now.
Fear not that thy life shall come to an end, but rather fear that it shall never have a beginning.
Faith is the result of the act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty.
We have perhaps all said things in unguarded moments that we would not want printed in newspapers.
We cannot "psychologize" the grace of God. God's actions are outside and above our human sciences.
Do you think that there can be anything greater than to bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus?
I don't think we'll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution.
So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.
Put your trust in Him and following His example, always act humbly, graciously, and in good faith.
Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...
I think the issue of clergy sexual abuse sparked people to look at their faith in a different way.
This is a crisis, but there is an opportunity to help revitalize and renew the Catholic community.
Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
A rose is but a rose, it blooms because it blooms; it thinks not of itself, nor asks if it is seen.
I'm leaving out some of the hugely successful megachurches, of which I have very little experience.
I can't help but note that God is being useful to a lot of people trying to do harm to one another.
Neither of us can come to either a knowledge of God, or a denial of God by our scientific research.
The church needs a pope who can call us to conversion and lead us to take seriously what Jesus did.
Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.
Community is the fruit of our capacity to make the interests of others more important than our own.
Our brokenness has no other beauty but the beauty that comes from the compassion that surrounds it.
We must be trying to learn who we really are rather than trying to tell ourselves who we should be.
Following Christ, the Church seeks the truth, which is not always the same as the majority opinion.
Christ is the sacrament of the invisible God - a sacrament that indicates presence. God is with us.