Love was meant to be also a sign, a symbol, a messenger, a telltale of the Divine. Love is a messenger from God saying that every human affection and every ecstasy of love are sparks from the great flame of love that is God.
FULTON J. SHEENSatan always tempts the pure – the others are already his.
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Every moment comes to you pregnant with divine purpose. Once it leaves your hands and your power to do with it as you please, it plunges into eternity, to remain forever what you made it.
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It is easy to find truth, though it is hard to face it, and harder still to follow it.
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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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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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To create the world cost God nothing; to save it from sin cost His Life Blood.
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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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Most commit the same mistake with God that they do with their friends: they do all the talking.
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Skeptics always want miracles such as stepping down from the Cross, but never the greater miracle of forgiveness.
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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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We become like that which we love. If we love what is base, we become base; but if we love what is noble, we become noble.
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The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.
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It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees.
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If you do not live what you believe, you will end up believing what you live.
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Hearing nuns’ confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.
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If you do not live out your faith enthusiastically, maybe you don’t have any faith.
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