“The kernel is the belief that God is love and, in Catholicism, God's love is present in the world. It is in the sacraments, in the Eucharist, in our families, in our friends, in our neighborhood, and forgiveness in the touch of a friendly hand, in a rediscovered love God is there.” WorldHandsBeliefLove IsGod LoveOur FamilyNeighborhoodFriendlyCatholicismSacramentsGod's LoveEucharistGod Is LoveKernelGod Is There Author:Andrew Greeley
“Rome has seven sacraments, but the Protestant churches, being less prosperous, feel that they can afford only two, and these of inferior sanctity.” FeelsTwoBeliefChurchSevenRomeSuperstitionsInferiorsSacramentsProsperousProtestantsSanctity Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)
“Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.” MadeDoneBeliefReligiousVicesExcuseSuperstitionsSacramentsMatrimonySanctify Author:St. Jerome
“my belief in the sacrament of the Eucharist is simple: without touch, God is a monologue, an idea, a philosophy; he must touch and be touched, the tongue on flesh, and that touch is the result of the monologues, the idea, the philosophies which led to faith; but in the instant of the touch there is no place for thinking, for talking; the silent touch affirms all that, and goes deeper: it affirms the mysteries of love and mortality.” ThinkingIdeasPhilosophyBeliefSimpleResultsTalkingMysterySilentDeeperTongueFleshInstantTouchedMortalitySacramentsEucharistMonologuesMystery Of Love Book:Broken Vessels: Essays Source: Broken Vessels: Essays