April 2012
“I am the gate. Whoever enters through me will be saved, and will come in and go...”
– Jn 10
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will...”
– Jn 6
“Love, in fact, represents man’s only dependence, the affirmation of the...”
– Luigi Giussani, At the Origin of the Christian Claim
“How easy it is for a man to desire all manner of things from the Lord and yet...”
– St. Augustine (via On Prayer and The Contemplative Life by Saint Thomas Aquinas) Jared Dees
“Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and...”
– Ephesians 4:2
“Rejoice in the Lord, exult at his presence.”
– Ps 68
“[F]aithfully practicing God’s presence … must always be done gently,...”
– Brother Lawrence, Practice of the Presence of God
“This is the work of God, that you believe in the one he sent.”
– Jn 6:29
“Love is the very process of passing over, of transformation, of stepping outside...”
– Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth, Part Two
“It is I. Do not be afraid.”
– Saturday of the Second Week of Easter
“Yet I am still forced to admit that he raised a valid question about the purpose...”
– Gregory Wolfe: Art in a Fallen World - WSJ.com
“This I seek: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life.”
– Friday of the Second Week of Easter
“The philosophical God of a rational order has become a God who is increasing...”
– READING/ From the refutation of God to the invasion of the State: Gregory’s lesson | Pages 3
“Some on the left have been highly critical of the USCCB lately, charging them...”
– BUDGET/ USCCB Tackles Paul Ryan
“We must obey God rather than men.”
– Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
“What pushes so that the person exists, so that the human subject has vigor in...”
– Fr. Giussani, Self Awareness: The Reawakening Point
“I sought the LORD, and he answered me
and delivered me from all my fears.”
– Ps 34:5
“Be still before the Lord and wait in patience. -Ps 37”
“The initiative that documents the beginning of a true Christian identity…...”
– Self-Awareness: The Reawakening Point
“As the extraordinarily varied and diverse stories of philosophy testify to,...”
– SCHOOL/ Why studying philosophy is still worthwhile
“Founding relationships on convenience or ambiguity can interfere with the...”
– The Downside of Cohabiting Before Marriage - NYTimes.com
“What is born of flesh is flesh
and what is born of spirit is spirit.”
– Jn 3:6
“Jesus came and stood in their midst
and said to them, “Peace be with you.”
– John 20
“[W]rap yourselves in humility to be servants of each other, because God refuses...”
– 1 Peter 5:5
“È solo con la contrizione che l’incombenza di Cristo e l’imminenza...”
– Luigi Giussani, La familiarità con Cristo
“Ogni azione e ogni momento, perciò, anticipano il giudizio finale. Ogni azione...”
– Luigi Giussani, La familiarità con Cristo
“[I]gnorance is, first of all, this false identification of Reality with what...”
– Luigi Giussani, At the Origin of the Christian Claim
