Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
Simply put, the promises of God are not automatic; they must be acquired by faith.
If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
Faith, Sir, we are here today and gone tomorrow.
The world calls for and expects from us simplicity of life, the spirit of prayer, charity towards all, especially towards the lowly and the poor, obedience and humility. . . Without this mark of holiness, our word will have difficulty in touching the heart of modern man. It risks being vain and sterile.
My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.
Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers; Unfaith is aught is want of faith in all.
I don't want to base my life on a symbol, he said resolutely. I want reality, and the Christian faith has always been rooted in reality. What's not rooted in reality is the faith of liberal scholars. They're the ones who are following a pipe dream, but Christianity is not a pipe dream.
We need to make our faith our very own love story.
I went to work for Catholics United for the Faith, and I basically found myself in the midst of the traditionalist branch of the Catholic revival. There is an intellectual rigor that is very much valued there and that I was in awe of.
Worship is yet another paradox of the religious life: it is simultaneously the greatest duty and the greatest pleasure of faith. Worship is the act of truly loving God. Believe in this brilliant Being, this magnificent "higher power," who not only created us but nurtures us with care and intelligence beyond our imagination, and obviously we are called to worship Him.
Don't downgrade your dream to match your reality. Upgrade your faith to match your destiny.
Some things you can only learn in the struggle. When it's easy, when everything is going your way, that doesn't take any faith.
Doing films in Latin America is like an act of faith. I mean, you really have to believe in what you're doing because if not, you feel like it's a waste of time because you might as well be doing something that at least pays you the rent.
Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
Faith is not intelligent understanding, faith is deliberate commitment to a Person where I see no way.
Let us be on the side of those who sit in jails and are sentenced to death for their faith. Let us pray for them and help them.
I call myself a Possibilian: I'm open to. . . ideas that we don't have any way of testing right now.
All of history is a kind of broken marriage and God puts it back together again.
Feed your fears and your faith will starve. Feed your faith, and your fears will.
