“How God will judge my life I know not, but I trust He will see me with mercy and compassion. I am only certain there will be three surprises in Heaven. First of all, I will see some people whom I never expected to see. Second, there will be a number whom I expected who will not be there. And – even relying on God’s mercy – the biggest surprise of all may be that I will be there. When the record of any human life is set down, there are three pairs of eyes who see it in a different light. 1. As I see it. 2. As others see it. 3. As God sees it.” — Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
“The ashes mean that I am a sinner. But the cross (the shape of these ashes) means that I have a Savior.” — Fr. Mike Schmitz
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“Blessed is anyone who endures temptation.” — James 1:12a
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The same everlasting Father who cares for you today will care for you tomorrow and every day. Either he will shield you from suffering or give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace then and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginings."
St Francis deSales
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“The Devil pushes; God leads.” — Unknown
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“If you’re thinking of becoming a Christian, I warn you, you’re embarking on something, which will take the whole of you.” — C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
“Some may believe that a Catholic can be virtually anything but a libertarian—well, I will tell you that if some sort of libertarian spirit does not take root in my country, it might not be too far off that the government says a Canadian can be anything but a Catholic.” — Kennedy Hall
“It is clear that in a libertarian society, abortion will not be ended where the people disbelieve in the humanity of the unborn child.” — Randy England, Free is Beautiful
This is also true of our current society.
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“Without a Creator, equality of human dignity for all, [described in the Declaration of Independence,] is not self evident.” — Bishop Barron, ‘God, Equality, and the Founding of America’
“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.” — G.K. Chesterton
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“It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He who provoked you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is He who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is He who reads in your hearts your most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle.” — Saint John Paul II
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“What, if some novel contagion seek to infect not merely an insignificant portion of the Church, but the whole? Then it will be his care to cleave to antiquity, which at this day cannot possibly be seduced by any fraud of novelty.” — Saint Vincent
“You owe such a great debt to your Father God! He has given you life, intelligence, will….He has given you His grace: the Holy Spirit; Jesus, in the Sacred Host; divine sonship; the Blessed Virgin, the Mother of God, and our mother. He has given you the possibility of participating in the Holy Mass; and He grants you forgiveness for your sins. He forgives you so many times! He has given you countless gifts, some of them quite extraordinary…
Tell me, my son: how have you corresponded so far to this generosity? How are you corresponding now?”
St Josemaria Escriva
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“Men, don’t work to make your name LEGENDARY to the world. Work to make your name LEGENDARY to your Wife. Make your name LEGENDARY to your Children. This is where your LEGEND status matters most and will impact the world the most.” — Justin Combs
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That’s beautiful. This is a concept I’ve been thinking about recently.
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“We should take care not to treat prayer as a mechanical or magical action. We are not out to change God’s mind. Prayer is God’s way of changing our minds.” — Dr. Scott Hahn
“Broadmindedness, when it means indifference to right and wrong, eventually ends in a hatred of what is right.” — Fulton J. Sheen
“Do not be conquered by evil but conquer evil with good.” — Romans 12:21
“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” — Plato
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“The worst thing in the world is not sin. The worst thing in the world is the denial of sin.” — Bishop Fulton J. Sheen