Quotes About Community

If we are able to enter the church day and night and implore God to hear our prayers, how careful we should be to hear and grant the petitions of our neighbor in need. — St. John the Almoner

Frequent Mass attendance, then, is an effective weapon of our warfare.

16Be free, yet without using freedom as a pretext for evil, but as slaves of God. 17Give honor to all, love the community, fear God, honor the king.

The weapon of worship Of course, prayer isn't just a private matter. Praying not just for others, but with others, forms an important part of spiritual warfare. And the most perfect prayer in which we can join with our fellow warriors is the prayer of the Mass.

Disorder in society is the result of disorder in the family. — St. Angela Merici

Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

It is most important for the practice of the Christian ministry, especially in its missionary activities toward those both within and without the Christian culture, to consider pagans, humanists, and Jews as members of the latent Spiritual Community and not as complete strangers who are invited into the Spiritual Community from outside. This insight serves as a powerful weapon against ecclesiastical and hierarchical arrogance.

It would be so good to settle down and become part of somewhere again, instead of constantly passing through

Devido ao fato de o pecado cegar, Deus estabeleceu o corpo de Cristo para atuar como um instrumento de visão em nossa vida, de tal maneira que podemos nos conhecer com uma profundidade e exatidão que seriam impossíveis se fôssemos deixados à nossa própria sorte.

An alone man is always badly accompanied.

Mensen kunnen helpen, binnen een rechtstreeks contact, is een van de zaken die ons het meest gelukkig maken. Zorg voor onszelf loopt via zorg voor de ander, bij uitbreiding, via zorg voor de gemeenschap.

Zingeving halen we het beste uit een doel dat we samen met anderen nastreven, en dat maakt ons gelukkig ook. Uit gemeenschappelijke plannen dus.

Onszelf leren kennen als deel van een groter geheel, samen met anderen, zal borg staan voor een betere zelfzorg die niet los gezien kan worden van zorg voor de ander. Wellicht komt er dan ook meer ruimte voor intimiteit.

group identity essentially means rules, and therefore security. Every group is concerned with regulating jouissance

Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning.

Politics isn't about big money or power games it's about the improvement of people's lives.

I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.

I emphasize self-esteem, self-confidence, and dignity, not as an ideal, but as a real test of community organization. Without leadership development, community organizations do not have staying power.

What makes community organizing especially attractive is the faith it places in the ability of the poor to make decisions for themselves.

Politics is not about power.

Politics is not about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives

[You need] eight hugs a day. You'll be happier and the world will be a better place.

For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when I need your help.

Everyone is your best friend when you are successful. Make sure that the people that you surround yourself with are also the people that you are not afraid of failing with.