Even if I know that really it's not a great song, even if it's a naff song but I have a good memory of it, then to me that's a great song.
God has placed clear limits on Man’s intelligence, but none on his stupidity.
You've got to be centered on Christ. It's a work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit forms Jesus within us. No cross? No crown. No pain? No gain. No way around it - if there was a shortcut, I'd know it and I'd tell ya.
You need to know your faith. You cannot give what you do not have.
In the end, forever, you and I will be in Heaven or Hell. Period.
More than once I've had discussions with persons who say things based on a misunderstanding. 'Oh you Catholics worship images. ' No we don't, 'yes you do,' no we don't, 'yes you do,' no we don't! The final retort to that is: I have a doctorate in Catholic theology that I have earned the hard way - by sitting in university classrooms for twelve years. I know what we believe! You get a doctorate in Catholic theology? What do you know about it? Nothing! You don't know anything about it. You're saying things that are born of misunderstanding or ignorance.
The older I get, the more I feel like an exile, that I don't belong here. And I don't. I was made for heaven, and my heart is longing for it.
Usually one gets a heavier cross when one attempts to get rid of an old one.
Sorrow, the heart must bear, Sits in the home of each, conspicuous there. Many a circumstance, at least, Touches the very breast. For those Whom any sent away,--he knows: And in the live man's stead, Armor and ashes reach The house of each.
When the affections so kindly break loose, Joy, is another name for Religion.
He [Barack Obama] might have a pen, and he might have a phone, but what he does not have is the constitutional power to run this country like a dictator.