Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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