Chief Nolo considers idle chatter a great corruptive of sacred mission. John Harris
We leave a purely theological discussion and move on to a question that is more prudential and disciplinary. —Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández
You speak for men and not God. Sc. 53, Matthew 16:23, Mark 8:33
Unfortunately, “enslavers” has come to include all slave owners.
In Gabriel’s visitation to Mary (Lk. 1:26-38), something takes place that never occurred before in all the exchanges between heaven and earth. Father V
Now come the greens.
The potato salad is the first to arrive.
“The Church of the modern world”. Quoted
The Church wants to be a church of a world that is passing – has passed.
Analysis of motives behind Francis appointing Victor Manuel Fernandez to the Doctrine of the Faith
Pope Francis is living his last days, and is looking to ensure that everything he has done in his pontificate will be “tied up and well tied up.” But we know how long the knots tied by poor Francisco Franco, when he said this phrase in 1969, actually lasted. Caminante Wanderer
I thought at the time was a cliché. Now I know it’s a cliché because it’s true. —Peter Hitchens
The choice of belief is driven by desire. —Peter Hitchens
Father, forgive them. They don’t know what they are doing. Sc. 87, Luke 23:34
It was still grave sin and great suffering to the Son of God.
Prayers
Peter Brooke, A note on the controversy concerning Eric Gill
“Master, Master, haven’t we done great things in your name?” Sc. 31
He knows you by little things.
“only one little onion” —quoted by Gary Saul Morson
“an hour” —Sc. 71, Matthew 20:12
“And indeed,” Alyosha asks himself, “was it to make wine abundant at poor weddings He had come down to earth?” —Gary Saul Morson
Alyosha, instructed by Father Zossima, detects the presence of the Holy Spirit in love of life [“the sheer, biological life force”] for its own sake. —Gary Saul Morson
Thus is the Holy Spirit in the dandelion, in the cockroach, in the human fetus.
Ivan chooses “not to think.” And this is one way evil happens. —Gary Saul Morson
“It’s magnificent, Alyosha, this science! . . . And yet I am sorry to lose God.” The Brothers Karamazov, quoted by Gary Saul Morson