Quotes About Faith

When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.

A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol

It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.

Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.

You can't do opera when already from the 10th row you can only see little dolls on the stage. In such an enormous space you can't put much faith in the personal presence of the individual singer, which is reflected in facial expressions, among other things.

The soldier of Christ is obligated to fight against sin and error. His battle against the Antichrist is prompted by his loved for Christ, and for the salvation of souls. He fights this battle for the salvation of those who have gone astray. His attitude is one of true love. But those who flee from the inevitable battle, and treat irenically those who have gone astray, obfuscating their error and playing down their revolt against God, are, fundamentally, victims of egoism and complacency.

The more our life is permeated by God, the simpler it becomes. This simplicity is defined by the inward unity which our life assumes because we no longer seek for any but one end: God. No

the Liturgy is accomplished faith, lived faith. It plunges us into the full reality of the truth of faith; it creates the spiritual space in which the world of faith or, more correctly, the world disclosed by faith penetrates every pore of our being, in which we breathe the supernatural air; it brings us to the ultimate reality which, in the holy Sacrifice of the Mass and in the sacraments, we even touch ontologically.

Dietrich von Hildebrand

No seu núcleo último, a falsidade significa negar a Deus, fugir de Deus.

The stronger our devotion, the greater the blessings. But to have no devotion is like hiding oneself in a house with all the doors and shutters closed. The sunlight will never get in.

Let us live not only to serve God ourselves; let us live to help our children and their children live for God.

Let us not take what we eat for granted; let us view our meals as an opportunity to give our Lord praise.

Many go to great lengths to discover God's will or to hear His voice, yet we only need to open His Book.

Our response to temptation reveals the substance of our faith.

Many overlook the fact that Jesus was homeless. He did not only teach the poor; He lived among them.

God's strength makes us strong; His comfort comforts us. With Him, we no longer run; we rest.

Then I read that Jesus was a friend of sinners. This still bothers me. Not because Jesus was a friend of sinners (because that came in really handy in my case). It bothered me because if I'm trying to live like Jesus, that means I'm supposed to be a friend of sinners too.

Be willing to be unliked and ridiculed in order to speak the words of the One who matters most.

We may not understand why certain things occur in our lives, but we understand who to run to when they do.

Since God exists outside of time, He also has all of the time He needs to personally act in each of our lives. There is never a rush to the next meeting or the next message.

The world tells us to find the power within ourselves. God's Word teaches otherwise. It is the Lord's power that gives the ability to overcome.

Believers may come from different cultures, countries, or customs, but we serve one God who unites us all.