Sex has become one of the most discussed subjects of modern times. The Victorians pretended it did not exist; the moderns pretend nothing else exists.
FULTON J. SHEENOur happiest times are those in which we forget ourselves, usually in being kind to someone else. That tiny moment of self-abdication is an act of true humility: the man who loses himself finds himself and finds his happiness.
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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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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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God does not love us because we are valuable. We are valuable because God loves us.
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Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.
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The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.
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If we wish to have the light, we must keep the sun; if we wish to keep our forests we must keep our trees; if we wish to keep our perfumes, we must keep our flowers- and if we wish to keep our rights, then we must keep our God.
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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.
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Satan always tempts the pure – the others are already his.
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There are two ways of waking up in the morning. One is to say, ‘Good morning, God,’ and the other is to say, ‘Good God, morning’!
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Evil may have its hour, but God will have His day.
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Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
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Sometimes the only way the good Lord can get into some hearts is to break them.
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Life is like a cash register, in that every account, every thought, every deed, like every sale, is registered and recorded.
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There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be.
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Counsel involving right and wrong should never be sought from a man who does not say his prayers.
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