“From the imagination springs desires; from desires flow actions, which over time wear grooves into habits; from habits develop beliefs that justify; and from beliefs come doctrine.”
― Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age
― Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age
“Natural grief is one thing, distrustful sadness is another, and there is a very great difference between longing for what you have lost and lamenting that you have lost it.”
― The Complete Works of St. Ambrose (11 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible
― The Complete Works of St. Ambrose (11 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible
“But what we called love down there was mostly the craving to be loved. In the main I loved you for my own sake: because I needed you.”
― The Great Divorce
― The Great Divorce
“Today churches look at resumés and never examine the home. In the New Testament church, a man’s home was his resumé.”
― What He Must Be: ...If He Wants to Marry My Daughter
― What He Must Be: ...If He Wants to Marry My Daughter
“The resurrection of the dead to the glory of the new Jerusalem and a renewed earth marks the end of the wilderness. Therefore, today, in the here and now, the call of God to His church is the call to go to Him into the wilderness and to dwell with Him there while we wait the completion of His redemptive work in the world, culminating in the new creation.”
― Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age
― Liturgy in the Wilderness: How the Lord's Prayer Shapes the Imagination of the Church in a Secular Age
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