“Many who confess their venial sins out of custom and concern for order but without thought of amendment remain burdened with them for their whole life and thus lose many spiritual benefits and advantages.” WholeSpiritualOrderLosesSinBenefitsAdvantageConcernCatholicWhole LifeCustomsAmendments Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“I think the benefit of a Catholic childhood is your belief in visual symbols as transmitters of information and clues about life, whether it's the mystery of life or life in general.” ThinkingBeliefMysteryChildhoodInformationBenefitsCatholicSymbolsVisualsClueMystery Of Life Author:Robert Gober
“One might just as well trust in the "good luck" of a rabbit's foot as to hope for spiritual benefit from a Catholic scapular, medal, crucifix, or relic of an alleged "saint."” WellsMightSpiritualFeetBenefitsCatholicLuckSaintMedalRabbitsGood LuckRelics Author:Dave Hunt
“A Catholic priest, a Jewish rabbi, and a Muslim mullah all walk into a bar, and the bartender says: - What is this, a joke? - Сhurch is the only organization that exists primarily for the benefit of non-members.” WalksMembersBenefitsJokesOrganizationCatholicBarsPriestsRabbiBartender Author:C. S. Lewis
“Institutional Christianity has had clear secular benefits to American life for hundreds of years. It's played both a prophetic role in terms of generating moral critiques of American excesses, and so on, and also a communal role, in terms of building community as the country moved westward to the role my own Catholic Church played in assimilating generations of immigrants.” YearsCountryTermCommunityChurchMy OwnMoralChristianityRolesClearGenerationsBuildingBenefitsCatholicMovedImmigrantsExcessSecularCatholic ChurchCritiqueAmerican LifePropheticBuilding Community Author:Ross Douthat
“Baptism does not profit a man outside unity with the Church ... For many heretics also possess this Sacrament but not the fruits of salvation ... The benefits which flow from Baptism are necessarily fruits which belong to the true Church alone. Children Baptized in other communions cease to be members of the Church when, after reaching the age of reason, they make formal profession of heresy, as, for example, by receiving communion in a non-Catholic Church.” MenChildrenDoeReasonAgeChurchExampleMembersBenefitsFlowCatholicSalvationUnityFruitProfitProfessionCeaseReachingReceivingFormalCommunionSacramentsCatholic ChurchHeresyBaptismHereticBaptizedAge Of ReasonBaptized In Author:Saint Augustine
“A soul does not benefit from the sacrament of confession if it is not humble. Pride keeps it in darkness. The soul neither knows how, nor is it willing, to probe with precision the depths of its own misery. It puts on a mask and avoids everything that might bring it recovery.” IfsKnowsDoeSoulMightDarknessKnow HowWillingPrideBenefitsCatholicMiseryDepthHumbleRecoveryMaskConfessionSacramentsPrecision Author:Mary Faustina Kowalska
“I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.” ChildrenHardDifferencesReligiousCompassionTeachFocusWifeHonestyHard WorkBenefitsOur ChildrenCatholicCharityRaisedMy WifeChosenHeritageSimilarityRespect Each Other Author:Steven Levitan
“There is no point when all the material benefits of the world add up to a general state of happiness. It is the Great Misconception.” WorldStatesMaterialsBenefitsCatholicAddNo PointMisconception Author:Tarek Saab
“If one's careful study of the facts shows that the Catholic Church is correct about Jesus-his life, teachings, death, and Resurrection-then why not give the Church the benefit of the doubt and carefully study her reasons for rejecting contraception, homosexual acts, and women's ordination?” IfsGivingReasonFactsShowsReligionJesusChurchStudyDoubtTeachingBenefitsCatholicCarefulWhy NotResurrectionHomosexualCatholic ChurchRejectingContraceptionBenefit Of The DoubtOrdinationLife Teaching Author:Carl E. Olson