February 2012
Christian prayer can attain to God only along the path that God himself has...
– God’s Method: To Jesus through Mary | Late Papers
As we mature, we become a spectacle for ourselves and, God willing, even for...
– Msgr. Luigi Giussani
You keep him in perfect peace,
whose mind is stayed on you,
because he trusts...
– Is 26
There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can...
– Albert Einstein (via yama-bato)
Always to see beauty in everything would mean ‘to resurrect before the universal...
– @millinerd
Charity is a right attitude of mind which prefers nothing to the knowledge of...
– St. Maximus the Confessor
So why not just allow yourself to be human?
– The Five Best Pieces of Jesuit Wisdom I’ve Ever Heard
Not, I’ll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee;
Not untwist–slack...
– A Wednesday Sonnet from Gerard Manley Hopkins | Mockingbird
Meditate, then, at all times on the things of God, and speak the things of God,...
– From Explanation of the Psalms, St. Ambrose
We must always meditate on God’s wisdom, keeping it in our hearts and on our...
– From Explanation of the Psalms, St. Ambrose
Jesus in the final moment of death, by placing himself entirely in the hands of...
– Pope Benedict XVI
When I arrive here, I always have to force myself not to count, not to measure....
– RUSSIA/ The priests that break the ice
If the laity received salvation sacramentally from the hierarchical Church, they...
– [Fred]
Be glad then that you are overwhelmed, and do not be saddened because he has...
– St. Ephrem
Silence is the mother of prayer, a return from the captivity of sin, unconscious...
– St. John of the Ladder, The Way of the Pilgrim
I paint very large pictures. I realize that historically the function of...
– Mark Rothko (via thefutureoftheworldhangsonyes)