#christ

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. ↗

— Washington Irving

#charity

When I see a church auditorium start to resemble a mosh pit, I know something's wrong. ↗

— Curtis A. Chamberlain

#faith

A mystic is a man who separates heaven and earth even if he enjoys them both. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#mysticism #mysticism

...all that is carried along by the stream's silvery cascade, rhythmically falling from the mountain, carried by its own current-- carried where? ↗

— John Paul II

#christianity #catholicism

Pilate's skeptical sneer "What is truth?" was addressed to Truth Himself, standing there right in front of his face. The world's stupidest question was three words; God's profoundest answer was one Word. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#christ #christianity #god #jesus #jesus-christ

Our images of God matter. Just as how we conceptualize God affects what we think the Christian life is about, so do our images of God. ↗

— Marcus J. Borg

#conceptualizing #god #image #life #faith

A hand stole around her mouth, silencing her, then his lips parting her tumbled hair: “The walls have ears.” She blinked, and for the first time, looked around. A thin beam of light beneath what may have been a door. That was all. When he released her, she endeavored to match his own, barely audible tone. “Do the walls understand English? ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#historical #romance #historical-romance

Oh, Lord, why was she doomed to adore a man steeped in blindness and utter stupidity? ↗

— V.S. Carnes

#historical #romance #historical-romance

There are no shortcuts to maturity in discipleship; it was, is, and always will be learned over time and under pressure walking in union with Christ." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#experientially #maturity #r-alan-woods #union-with-christ #r-alan-woods

It is of great significance if there is a person who truly prays in a family. Prayer attracts God's Grace and all the members of the family feel it, even those whose hearts have grown cold. Pray always. ↗

— Elder Thaddeus of Vitovnica

#eastern-orthodoxy #family #god #god-s-grace #prayer