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“Well, dear, the whole point of the mystical path to God is that it’s arduous. That’s why it’s often called the Way of the Cross. It takes years of dedication, hard work, and discipline, with few rewards. There are no shortcuts. Certainly not the coup de foudre you’re looking for. We leave that to the holy rollers. The trouble with being a holy roller is, it’s wonderful at the time, but what do you do the next day—and the day after that?”
― Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Faith
― Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Faith
“We do not hope for what we have. Therefore, to live in hope is to live in poverty, having nothing. And yet, if we abandon ourselves to economy of Divine Providence, we have everything we hope for. By faith we know God without seeing Him. By hope we possess God without feeling His presence. If we hope in God, by hope we already possess Him, since hope is a confidence which He creates in our souls as secret evidence that He has taken possession of us.”
― No Man Is an Island
― No Man Is an Island
“Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something. ”
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“127. Craft a poem about sadness and darkness but using only positive words.”
― 1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts
― 1,000 Awesome Writing Prompts
“For it seems to me that the first responsibility of a man of faith is to make his faith really part of his own life, not by rationalizing it but by living it.”
― No Man Is an Island
― No Man Is an Island
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