Quotes About Grace

WHEN SOMEBODY you've wronged forgives you, you're spared the dull and self-diminishing throb of a guilty conscience. When you forgive somebody who has wronged you, you're spared the dismal corrosion of bitterness and wounded pride. For both parties, forgiveness means the freedom again to be at peace inside their own skins and to be glad in each other's presence.

Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom,' the good thief said from his cross. (Luke 23:42). There are perhaps no more human words in all of Scripture, no prayer we can pray so well." ? Frederick Buechner, Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner

Maybe the truth of it is that it's too good not to be true.

To say that I was born again, to use that traditional phrase, is to say too much because I remained in most ways as self-centered and squeamish after the fact as I was before, and God knows remain so still. And in another way to say that I was born again is to say too little because there have been more than a few such moments since, times when from beyond time something too precious to tell has glinted in the dusk, always just out of reach, like fireflies.

Because all peddlers of God's word have that in common, I think: they tell what costs them least to tell and what will gain them most; and to tell the story of who we really are and of the battle between light and dark, between belief and unbelief, between sin and grace that is waged within us all costs plenty and may not gain us anything, we're afraid, but an uneasy silence and a fishy stare.

Religion has debased the concept man; its ultimate consequence is that everything good, great, true is superhuman and bestowed only through an act of grace—

As boas maneiras são como o zero a aritmética: por si sós, elas pouco ou nada representam, mas são capazes de acrescentar muito ao valor das outras coisas.

throw roses into the abyss and say: 'here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive.

What do you think most humane ?-To spare a person shame.

At Cana, [Mary] gave Him as a Savior to sinners; on the Cross He gave her as a refuge to sinners.

A man may stand for the justice of God, but a woman stands for His Mercy.

Grace does not work like a penny in a slot machine. Grace will move you only when you want it to move you, and only when you let it move you. The supernatural order supposes the freedom of the natural order, but it does not destroy it.

You are infinitely precious because you are loved by God.

He has mercy on those who fear Him, from generation to generation." Fear is here understood as filial, that is, a shrinking from hurting one who is loved. Such is the fear a son has for a devoted father and the fear a Christian has of Christ. Fear is here related to love.

Our Lord was born not just of her flesh but also by her consent.

The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.

God can do something with those who see what they really are and who know their need of cleansing but can do nothing with the man who feels himself worthy.

New Paganism may be defined as an outlook on life that holds to the sufficiency of human science without faith, and the sufficiency of human power without grace. In other words, its two tenets are Scientism which is a deification of the experimental method, and Humanism, which is a glorification of a man who makes God to his own image and likeness.

One cannot tell when grace is coming or how it will work on the soul; whether it will come as a result of a disgust with sin

Our Lord has a double view of us: the way He intended us to be and the way we corresponded to His grace.

He seeks us before we dream of seeking him; he knocks before we invite him in; he loves us before we respond.

We grow weary, of course, but God is unwearied in giving us new strength.

It is not wisdom that saves; it is ignorance! There is no redemption for the fallen

every sorrow is really the "Shade of His Hand outstretched caressingly