Leaving some areas less finished in a painting, or more out of focus than others, allows the imagination to finish them and gives more importance to the detailed parts.
Our perfection certainly consists in knowing God and ourselves.
This Sacrament really contains You, O my God, You whom the Angels adore, in whose presence the Spirits and mighty Powers tremble. Oh! if we could only see You clearly as they do, with what reverence would we approach this Sacrament, with what humility would we receive You.
Without humility of heart all the other virtues by which one runs toward God seem - and are - absolutely worthless.
Humility exists only in those who are poor enough to see that they possess nothing of their own.
If we but paused for a moment to consider attentively what takes place in this Sacrament, I am sure that the thought of Christ's love for us would transform the coldness of our hearts into a fire of love and gratitude.
No one can be saved without divine light. Divine light causes us to begin and to make progress, and it leads us to the summit of perfection. Therefore if you want to begin and to receive this divine light, pray. If you have begun to make progress and want this light to be intensified within you, pray. And if you have reached the summit of perfection, and want to be super-illumined so as to remain in that state, pray.
Movies like 'The Abyss' and 'Jaws' make people think the ocean is threatening. It's not. It's very tranquil.
Where there are two, one cannot be wretched, and one not.
Xena, above all, remember your destiny. Remember it and fight, fight to come back. This world needs you. I need you.
Power is domination, control, and therefore a very selective form of truth which is a lie.