“Brothers in suffering, brothers in resistance, brothers in ideals and conviction. It is now our duty to further strengthen this bond in order to secure this hard-won freedom for future generations.” HardSufferingOrderGenerationsBrotherDutyIdealsConvictionResistanceSecureFuture Generation Author:Guy Verhofstadt
“But if there has been on this earth no real, perfect human life, no love that never cooled, no faith that never failed, which may shine as a loadstar across the darkness of our experience, a light to light amidst all convictions of our own meanness and all suspicions of other's littleness, why, we may have a religion, but we have not a Christianity. For if we lose Him as a Brother, we cannot feel Him as a Saviour.” IfsFeelsHumansMayHas BeensRealLightEarthLosesPerfectChristianityDarknessBrotherShiningConvictionHuman LifeSuspicionSaviourNo LoveMeanness Book:Sermons Preached at Brighton Source: Sermons Preached at Brighton
“The forgiveness of God is gratuitous liberation from guilt. Paradoxically, the conviction of personal sinfulness becomes the occasion of encounter with the merciful love of the redeeming God. "There will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner repenting..." (Luke 15:7). In his brokenness, the repentant prodigal knew an intimacy with his father that his sinless, self-righteous brother would never know.” KnowsSelfFatherHeavenBrotherGuiltConvictionOccasionsIntimacyLiberationEncountersSinnerRejoiceRighteousRepentMercifulBrokennessLukeSelf RighteousRedeemingProdigalsSinfulness Book:The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out Source: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
“It is my hope that inter-religious and ecumenical cooperation will demonstrate that men and women do not have to forsake their identity, whether ethnic or religious, in order to live in harmony with their brothers and sisters. If we are honest in presenting our convictions, we will be able to see more clearly what we hold in common.” IfsMenAbleOrderReligiousCommonHonestIdentityBrotherMen And WomenHarmonyConvictionCooperationBrothers And SistersPresentingForsake Author:Pope Francis