Quotes About Grace

Sometimes," Father Dibue said, "though everything is in the Lord's Hands, undoubtedly, there's the urgent need to administer the Holy Sacrament of the Last Rites. Otherwise, the humble servant of the Lord lingers, such as now, waiting for grace, for absolution.

All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it.

Above all, let's hope we never take ourselves too seriously.

Repentance pays for sin, not because of its innate qualities, but because it unites us to Christ and to the efficacy of his death and resurrection.

If we can see the true seriousness of our sin, we will no longer object to God's supposed severity but marvel at His mercy.

Blessed Lord, who caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning: Grant us so to hear

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.

We can accept God becoming Man to save Man, but not Man becoming God to save himself.

It isn't right to wish pain on other people just because they hurt me first.

Allí surtiendo de lo oscuro, rompiendo de lo oscuro, serena, pero casi cruel, como una leve diosa recobrada, hete aquí que ella emerge, sagradamente su ademán extendiendo, para que la luz del día, la ya gozosa luz que la asalta, se vierta doradamente viva sobre su palma núbil.

And let the clean space shine in the hands of its captor the slow, elegant, daily drinker of the waves.

When a mother extends outstretched arms to a son who has failed in sports, or school, or socially, or been deemed not smart enough, 'manly enough,' or just plain not good enough, he begins to understand what love is all about. The moment a mother extends her grace, he begins to understand that goodness in being a man isn't all about his performance. It isn't about his successes or his failures. It is about being able to accept love from another and then return that love."1

Let's not forget that our call as Christians is to make much of Jesus. The Great Commission calls us to make disciples of Jesus, not to recruit other people to a works-based lifestyle that makes us feel better (for a while) and makes them feel like constant failures. We are sharing the gospel, not hawking a product for commission. We must emphasize grace before we talk about commitment, because once grace becomes a believer's identity, commitment will follow.

When a mother extends outstretched arms to a son who has failed in sports, or school, or socially, or been deemed not smart enough, 'manly enough,' or just plain not good enough, he begins to understand what love is all about. The moment a mother extends her grace, he begins to understand that goodness in being a man isn't all about his performance. It isn't about his successes or his failures. It is about being able to accept love from another and then return that love.

The place we should escape to is the feet of Jesus. He alone can stabilize our souls and recharge our spirits to run the next heat in the race.

God is not looking for perfect mothers to raise perfect daughters. He's looking for imperfect mothers who are raising imperfect daughters in an imperfect world … and desperately dependant on a perfect God for the results. —Vicki Courtney

Imagine a world where people are drawn to the life-changing displays of God's love in our own lives, rather than repelled by our harsh words of judgment and finger-pointing over the sins and imperfections of others.

Physical beauty will fade over time, but true beauty (virtue) is timeless.

Jesus wept Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.

The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.

What is grace? It is the inspiration from on high: it is love; it is liberty. Grace is the spirit of law. This discovery of the spirit of law belongs to Saint Paul; and what he calls "grace" from a heavenly point of view, we, from an earthly point, call "rigtheousness."

You will never get the same from people as you expect, Better ask to god he will give you more than that, Because in his world ego and attitude doesn't mean anything

You will never get the same from people you expect, Better ask to god he will give you more than that, Because in his world ego and attitude doesn't mean anything