The root reason for this is the denial of the human essence, the human equality, the human family—judging people’s worth only by how efficiently or intelligently or quickly they function. This is conf...
The ultimate reason we must become holy is that that is the only way to become real.
The universal sin Saint Paul pinpoints in Romans 1:18 is to suppress the truth.
Truth is unchanging. The principles of morality are unchanging. The human essence is unchanging. Therefore there is no hope of a New Man, Heaven on Earth, Babel Rebuilt, a Brave New World, or Superman...
U svakom području života, tajna je originalnosti prestati pokušavati biti originalan i reći istinu onako kako je vidiš.
We all, like Frodo, carry a Quest, a Task: our daily duties. They come us, not from us. We are free only to accept or refuse our task- and, implicitly, our Taskmaster. None of us is a free creator or...
When I ask my Catholic students what they would say to God if they died tonight and God asked them why He should let them into Heaven, fewer than 5% ever even mention Jesus Christ.
When the worldly toys in which we foolishly place our hopes for happiness are taken away from us, our foolishness is also taken away, and this brings us closer to true happiness, which is not in world...
Yes, organized religion is a crutch. You mean you didn’t know that you are a cripple? If you don’t know that, then you are a very serious cripple indeed, mentally and spiritually.
You will have noticed by this time, of course, that St. Thomas almost always solves a dilemma by making a distinction. That is not a quirk of his personality or even of his method, but a reflection of...
Another principle demons use in spiritual warfare: multiple attacks, from many directions at once, or with many different weapons at once.
Are more like Dog and Cat and Bird than like Lassie and Fido and Spot. Therefore,
Each
Essential form
He rewards our efforts with peace and joy.
The contemplative life not only does not exclude, but requires, the active life.
The medieval idea that angels were required to move the heavenly bodies.
The species or nature with which we make our choices is fallen, sinful, selfish, and stupid; and we cannot by our own power attain the deepest and final end of our desires, union with God, eternal hap...
We are fallen fools, most of our philosophy is not the proper use of human reason but the improper use of human reason.
We are participating in His actual work.
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