Quotes About Grace

The thief on the cross had to be the luckiest man alive. He was nothing more than a low-life criminal, a loser. He had committed a crime. He was convicted for it, and he was crucified for it. So he had no future; he was going nowhere; or worse, he was going to hell. Yet of all the criminals, on all the crosses, on all the hills in the Roman Empire, he was crucified next to Jesus Christ.

Justification because of Christ alone (solus Christus) means that Jesus has done the necessary work of salvation utterly and completely, so that no merit on the part of man, no merit of the saints, no works of ours performed either here or later in purgatory, can add to his completed work.

Do not make the mistake of counting on your moral record as a way of coming to God. It is your record that gets you into trouble in the first place. Your record will condemn you, no matter how good you think you are or how good you appear in other people's eyes. Count on the fact that Jesus paid the penalty for your sin, and accept the fact that He is the way for simple, sinful people like you and me to enter heaven.

To be without love is to be without grace, what matters most in life. We is so much better than I.

You...are...a...fridge...with wings. We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.

I put flower buds in a lot of little bottles around the house so I can see the blossoms open everywhere.

If there's a God, he knows I'm doing the best I can.

that she has whatever she needs in order to heal." She stood up. "You take care, Jack. God bless. I mean

scarf wrapped around her head.

May God bless the Crosses.

To err is human, to forgive is divine.

Nuestra Señora del Mar de Oro

Ballet has a very small audience, unfortunately.

I marvel to think that the Son of God would condescend to save us, as imperfect, impure, mistake-prone, and ungrateful as we often are. I have tried to understand the Savior's Atonement with my finite mind, and the only explanation I can come up with is this: God loves us deeply, perfectly, and everlastingly.

I'm not an ungrateful person.

God loves us too much to leave us in the hell of unhappiness that comes from trying to do his job. Into the slavish misery of our ladder-defined lives, God condescends.

Ballet is a healthy world despite what people might think. There's a perception that ballet dancers are skinny and unhealthy, but that's rubbish. You have to be strong, so eating regularly and healthily is essential.

I do try to let what is obviously unintended yet naturally good stay in.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

When I believe in Jesus, I am united to Christ. Therefore, what he did and achieved becomes mine by this union through faith alone. His righteous life is imputed to me. What Christ achieved is counted as mine.

These crowns symbolize something greater than just a Miss California state crown. They carry a meaning of love, strength and unity for all.

Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of every class, and in every part of the world.

Not only did Jesus come as a universal gift, He came as an individual offering with a personal message to each one of us.

I learned early that class is universally admired.