“ Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us. Scott Hahn
“ One thing is certain: When the time has come, nothing which is man made will subsist. One day, all human accomplishments will be reduced to a pile of ashes. But every single child to whom a woman has… Alice von Hildebrand
“ Unwittingly, the feminists acknowledge the superiority of the male sex by wishing to become like men. Alice von Hildebrand
“ When Abbess Ebba received tidings of the near approach of the pagan hordes, who had already wrecked vengeance upon ecclesiastics, monks, and consecrated virgins, she summoned her nuns to Chapter, and… Michael Barrett
“ If the Pentateuch be true, religious persecution is a duty. The dungeons of the Inquisition were temples, and the clank of every chain upon the limbs of heresy was music in the ear of God. If the Pent… Robert G. Ingersoll
“ Even as a man just recovering from illness walks only so far as he is obliged to go, with a slow and weary step, so the converted sinner journeys along as far as God commands him but slowly and wearil… Francis de Sales
“ We throw ourselves down, as Jesus did, before the mystery of God's power present to us, knowing that the Cross is the true burning bush, the place of the flame of God's love, which burns but does not… Pope Benedict XVI
“ Jesus assumes, as it were, the fall of man, lets himself into man's fallenness, prays to the Father out of the lowest depths of human dereliction and anguish. He lays his will in the will of the Fathe… Pope Benedict XVI
“ God awaits us with open arms; we need only to take a step toward him like the Prodigal Son. But if, weak as we are, we don't have the strength to take that step, just the desire to take it is enough. Andrea Tornielli
“ There are many forms of tyrants, but there are none so terrible as those stifling their own people in the name of freedom. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ ... love for our neighbours does not die the minute we enter heaven, it intensifies. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ ... a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear. E.A. Bucchianeri
“ Lorenzo: In such a night stood Dido with a willow in her hand upon the wild sea-banks, and waft her love to come again to Carthage Jessica: In such a night Medea gathered the enchanted herbs that did… William Shakespeare
“ It seems to her [Saint Catherine of Siena] that the devil has this world in his power, not by his own will, for he is powerless, but through our help because we obey him. The evil aroma rising from th… Sigrid Undset
“ Lust is a mysterious wound in the side of humanity; or rather, at the very source of its life! To confound this lust in man with that desire which unites the sexes is like confusing a tumor with the v… Georges Bernanos
