Even though knowledge…
Even though knowledge is true, it is still not firmly established if unaccompanied by works. For everything is established by being put into practice.
–Saint Mark the Ascetic (Fifth Century)
The Eucharist is a fire…
The Eucharist is a fire which inflames us.
— Saint John of Damascus (c. 676-750)
The Word of God…
If the Word of God is living and powerful, and if the Lord does all things whatsoever he wills; if he said, “Let there be light,.” and it happened; if he said, “Let there be a firmament,” and it happened; …if finally the Word of God himself willingly became man and made flesh for himself out of the most pure and undefiled blood of the holy and ever Virgin, why should he not be capable of making bread his Body and wine and water his Blood?… God said, “This is my Body“, and “This is my Blood.”
— Saint John of Damascus (c. 676-750)
Love not there! Beware…
Whatever the program, for whatever purpose or cause, if love is not there, then beware. Without love there can be temporary successes, but with time they crumble.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)
Prayer is not…
Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.
–Henri Nouwen (1932–1996)
What makes a saint…
To follow God’s will with all one’s heart: that is what makes one a saint.
–Marcel Nguyễn Tân Văn (1928–1959)
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