Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
FULTON J. SHEEN
Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul’s language.
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Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
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A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven – not excused or sublimated.
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Charity is to be measured, not by what one has given away, but by what one has left.
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Let those who think that the Church pays too much attention to Mary give heed to the fact that Our Blessed Lord Himself gave ten times as much of His life to her as He gave to His Apostles.
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Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.
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Satan always tempts the pure – the others are already his.
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I feel it is time that I also pay tribute to my four writers, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
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If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.
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The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.
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Many souls fail to find God because they want a religion which will remake society without remaking themselves.
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It was to a virgin woman that the birth of the Son of God was announced. It was to a fallen woman that his resurrection was announced.
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Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.
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Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.
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It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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Liberty is no heirloom. It requires the daily bread of self-denial, the salt of law and, above all, the backbone of acknowledging responsibility for our deeds.
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Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him. In the face of Absolute Truth, silence is the soul’s language.
FULTON J. SHEEN