Mike Aquilina > Quotes

“Now we can travel with more books stored in our telephones than the ancient Egyptians kept in their vast library at Alexandria.”
― Mike Aquilina

“Living in the body and yet in the same way as of the immaterial beings, they were not bowed down by the weight of the body, but their life was exalted to the skies, and they walked on high in company with the powers of Heaven. –St. Gregory of Nyssa, Life of St. Macrina”
― Mike Aquilina, A Year with the Angels

“A "cup" is a very common metaphor throughout the Psalms and the writings of the prophets, and it often is used to describe either the blessings or the curses that flow from God to his people.
If we remember no other verse from the Psalms, we remember "my cup runneth over" from Psalm 23 in the venerable King James Version. (Catholics who grew up with the Douay Version will remember it as Psalm 22.) It's a psalm of praise to God, who saves us from "the valley of the shadow of death," and the overflowing cup is a perfect image of the superabundance of God's blessing.”
― Mike Aquilina, The Grail Code: Quest for the Real Presence

“Constantine proclaimed that everyone should be allowed to live according to his conscience, without fear.13”
― Mike Aquilina, How Christianity Saved Civilization: ...And Must Do So Again

“Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell" (Matthew 10:28).”
― Mike Aquilina, The Grail Code: Quest for the Real Presence

“Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be answerable for the body and blood of the Lord. Examine yourselves, and only then eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For all who eat and drink without discerning the body, eat and drink judgment against themselves. (1 Corinthians 11:27-29)”
― Mike Aquilina, The Grail Code: Quest for the Real Presence

“These days, most people know the Holy Grail from books like The Da Vinci Code and Holy Blood, Holy Grail, or from Monty Python. What we've lost in these pop culture transformations of the Grail is what made it holy in the first place. That original meaning is what this book seeks to unfold.”
― Mike Aquilina, The Grail Code: Quest for the Real Presence

“Christians can influence the world for the better again. But it will mean making a commitment to stand by a worldview that current society often rejects and ridicules.”
― Mike Aquilina, Seven Revolutions: How Christianity Changed the World and Can Change It Again

“Always be a bridge, not a wall or a weapon.”
― Mike Aquilina, St. Monica and the Power of Persistent Prayer

“Am I ungrudgingly joyous,”
― Mike Aquilina, A Year with the Angels

“Gone are the days when it was fashionable, or even acceptable, to be a Christian. In spite of the fact that a majority of people in First World countries self-identify as Christians, many of these self-proclaimed Christians are joining in Church bashing. Those who embrace the values of their faith in a world where doing so is frowned upon are the ones who will witness by their very example. And people will see that they are willing to risk the comforts of conformity for the sake of something bigger - a life bigger than life - the Kingdom of God.”
― Mike Aquilina, Seven Revolutions: How Christianity Changed the World and Can Change It Again