Grace, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
As oil floats on all other liquids, so grace holds precedence over the rest of the gifts, virtues, blessings, and fruits of the Holy Spirit, for without the grace that makes us pleasing to God we cannot be saved whatever else we have. As, however skilled and practiced a man may be in any art, he cannot practice it without the proper instruments, so whatever other virtues and qualities a man may have, without grace he cannot perform actions worthy of eternal life.
–Francisco de Osuna (1497-1541)
Contemplation, Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
Finding God in all things
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Discipleship, Evangelization, Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author
If you want to be of use to others, begin by taking pains with yourself: the fire that is to enkindle others should be lighted at home.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Creation, Detachment, Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556), Page: Quotes, Quote Author, Quote Topic
All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully. As a result, we ought to appreciate and use these gifts of God insofar as they help us toward our goal of loving service and union with God. But insofar as any created things hinder our progress toward our goal, we ought to let them go.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)
Church, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
Maybe the greatest threat to the church is not heresy, not dissent, not secularism, not even moral relativism, but this sanitized, feel-good, boutique, therapeutic spirituality that makes no demands, calls for no sacrifice, asks for no conversion, entails no battle against sin, but only soothes and affirms.
–Timothy Dolan (1950-
Confession, Page: Quotes, Quote Topic
It is very helpful to confess with a certain regularity. It is true our sins are always the same; but we clean our homes, our rooms, at least once a week even if the dirt is always the same, in order to live in cleanliness, in order to start again. Otherwise, the dirt might not be seen, but it builds up.
–Pope Benedict XVI (1927-
