“Intellige ut credas, crede ut intellegas.” (‘I understand in order to believe, I believe, in order to understand’) – St. Augustine Sounds like how I science works:: “I believe, in order to understand.” In science, you start with a hypothesis or theory — a reasoned guess that […]
God can only be reached through prayer and love. Trying to reach God with your intellect is not possible, and thus the source of the atheist.
Every day we face situations in which we must choose not to gossip; to avoid TV shows, movies, or Internet sites that incite greed, envy, laziness, or lust; to eat and drink in moderation; to give employers a honest day’s work; to keep anger in check (even with our teenagers). Choose with the Wisdom given
is the gift from the Holy Spirit that allows us to see and comprehend divine and human realities from God’s perspective. It is wisdom that tells us that, to be supremely happy, we must be poor in spirit, meek, mournful, thirsting for justice, merciful, clean of heart, peacemakers and suffer persecution for justice sake.
Human respect is the “guillotine of saints.” It has a suicidal effect and a deadly capacity to cut short the action of a zealous heart. Human respect renders love of God and souls sterile because it is nothing but pride disguised as fear, doubt, or the sophism of not wanting to hurt others’ feelings. True
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Every criticism you make of someone else is most likely something you need to fix in you. If not, there are plenty of other issues you have to work on. Do not be blind to you own faults and allergic to correcting them.
The Apostles, with their own eyes saw only flesh, but they believed that he was God. We, with our own eyes see only bread, but believe it is Christ. Body, blood, soul and divinity. (St Francis)
