Jason Townsend

“So it is when we measure ourselves by God, we fall infinitely short; and when we compare ourselves with many who have given us inspiration, we feel a deep sense of unworthiness. But behind it all, and despite all of this, there is the tremendous consciousness of the mercy of God. He did not call angels to be priests; He called men. He did not make gold the vessel for his treasure; He made clay. The motley group of Apostles that He gathered about Him became more worthy through his mercy and compassion. I”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Treasure in Clay: The Autobiography of Fulton J. Sheen

“By His sacrifice, Christ brought us out of the slavery of sin into a new freedom of righteousness. But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness (Rom 6:17-18).”
― Taylor R. Marshall, The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity

“In Life of Christ, Archbishop Fulton Sheen puts it this way: “No man can love anything unless he can get his arms around it, and the cosmos is too big and too bulky. But once God became a Babe and was wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger, men could say, ‘This is Emmanuel, this is God with us.”
― David Limbaugh, Jesus on Trial: A Lawyer Affirms the Truth of the Gospel

“suddenly. “Why do you men have to add to it? Why does our species always have to take our full measure of God-given misery and terror and mortality and then make it worse?”
― Dan Simmons, The Terror