Words and ideas…
Nothing is more common than for men to think that because they are familiar with words they understand the ideas they stand for.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
The Blessed Sacrament is…
The Blessed Sacrament is that Presence which makes a Catholic Church different from every other place in the world; which makes it, as no other place can be, holy.
–Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Gaze fixed upon God…
The Christian who keeps his gaze fixed upon God’s Providence preserves constant courage and unshakable steadfastness, even amidst terrible misfortunes.
–Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867)
God rules the world…
There is no such thing as blind happenstance! God rules the world, and all that happens in heaven and under the heavens happens according to the wise and omnipotent God, unfathomable in His wisdom and omnipotence, and unfathomable in His governance.
–Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867)
Resentment is a moral poison…
Resentment or rejection of love is rejection of God. God withdraws from a resentful person, deprives him of His Grace, and gives him up to spiritual death, unless the person repents in good time so as to be healed of that deadly moral poison, resentment.
–Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867)
Wherever you go…
Amma Theodora said: A certain monk, afflicted by many sorrows, said to himself, “Leave this place.” With these words he began to put his sandals on his feet, and suddenly he saw the devil in the form of a man sitting in the corner of his cell. The devil was also putting on his sandals. He said to the monk, “Are you leaving here because of me? Well then, wherever you go, I will be there before you.
–Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867)
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