March 2011
3 posts
“His second tragedy – after the betrayal – is that he can no longer believe in...”
– Pope Benedict on the second tragedy of Judas, from Jesus of Nazareth Part Two: Holy Week « Chez VH
“…to what extent do people still belong to the Church in the first place? On the...”
– Pope Benedict on Engaging the Culture, from Light of the World « Chez VH
“People ask whether I am sad at moving to the new title of ‘Archbishop...”
– Whispers in the Loggia: Quote of the Day
February 2011
1 post
“Let your love for one another be constant, for love covers a multitude of sins....”
– 1 Peter 4:8-11 (Morning Prayer Reading, Thursday of Week 3)
January 2011
2 posts
“He and his beautiful bride, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, would go to Mass every day —...”
– What I Learned From Sargent Shriver - by Bono - NYTimes.com
December 2010
3 posts
“What makes George Bailey one of the most inspiring, emotionally complex...”
– The Fountainhead of Bedford Falls | First Things
“Do we know Jesus? Only if we recognize in him the presence and the logic of...”
– LOVE2LEARN BLOG
November 2010
10 posts
“It is commonly in a somewhat cynical sense that men have said, “Blessed is...”
– G.K. Chesterton, St. Francis of Assisi as quoted in Advent and Christmas Wisdom from G.K. Chesterton
“The spiritual life does not remove us from the world but leads us deeper into...”
– Henri J. M. Nouwen (via quaerere-deum)
“Man’s creaturely condition sets the standard for his activity in the...”
– Msgr. Joseph Murphy, Christ Our Joy: The Theological Vision of Pope Benedict XVI
“When we reflect on such things, we shall simply no longer be able to divide...”
– Cardinal Ratzinger, What it Means to be a Christian (a book of Advent sermons)
“At the evening of life, we shall be judged on our love.”
– St John of the Cross (via myrosary)
“Because you are God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with...”
– St. Paul’s Letter to the Colossians, 3:12-17
October 2010
29 posts
“A genuine liberal arts education will equip a person to live well in a place,”...”
– David Orr (Allan Bloom v. Wendell Berry: The Example of David Orr (via quaerere-deum)
“For too many of us, Christianity is not a filial relationship with the living...”
– Archbishop Chaput (via iam3rd)
“Love doesn’t increase your pleasure and reduce your pain, it increases your...”
– Paraphrase of Dr. Collinge paraphrasing. (via mynameisgary)
“Coincidences are spiritual puns.”
– G.K. Chesterton (via libraryland)
gillyflower:
Christ has no body now, but yours. No hands, no feet on earth, but yours. Yours are the eyes through which Christ looks compassion into the world. Yours are the feet with which Christ walks to do good. Yours are the hands with which Christ blesses the world.
— St. Teresa of Avila
“I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of...”
– E. E. Cummings (via invicemsunt)
“I force myself in vain to meditate on the mysteries of the rosary; I don’t...”
– St. Therese of Lisieux, as quoted in Through the Year with Mary: 365 Reflections by Karen Edmisten
“Whoever fails to love their neighbor, fails to love You, my Lord, since we see...”
– St. Teresa of Avila
“We must not try to force Christ’s growth in us, but with a deep gratitude...”
– Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God
“Airplanes must have runways before they can fly. What the runway is to the...”
– Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen (via myrosary)
“In this great fiat of the little girl Mary, the strength and foundation of our...”
– Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God
“His light both reveals and conceals. It envelops what is laid bare with the...”
– Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Does Jesus Know Us? Do We Know Him?
“If Christ is growing in us, if we are at peace, recollected, because we know...”
– Caryll Houselander, The Reed of God
“Anyone who loves God in the depths of his heart has already been loved by God....”
– Diadochus of Photice
“God speaks quietly. But he gives us all kinds of signs. In retrospect,...”
– Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, God and the World
September 2010
6 posts
“Give yourself fully to God. He will use you to accomplish great things on the...”
– Mother Teresa (via oh-allie)