“If you're looking at the Bible for a guide to living a compassionate, wise and humane life, well, frankly you've got more chance of finding a lap dancing club in Mekka or a virgin in a catholic orphanage.” IfsWellsChanceWiseFindingsCatholicDancingClubsGuidesCompassionateVirginsLapHumaneOrphanage Author:Pat Condell
“I don't believe in fate, as in, which I - as a Catholic, I think, sort of predestination. But I certainly believe in chance.” ThinkingBelieveChanceFateCatholicDon't BelievePredestination Author:Ann Patchett
“There is a theory going around that the U.S.A. was and still is a gigantic Masonic plot under the ultimate control of the group known as the Illuminati. It is difficult to look for long at the strange single eye crowning the pyramid which is found on every dollar bill and not begin to believe the story, a little. Too many anarchists in 19th-century Europe—Bakunin, Proudhon, Salverio Friscia—were Masons for it to be pure chance. Lovers of global conspiracy, not all of them Catholic, can count on the Masons for a few good shivers and voids when all else fails.” BelieveLooksLittlesLongStillsStoriesEyeFoundDifficultChanceKnownFailingGroupsCenturyStrangeTheoryLoversPureEuropeUltimateCatholicBillsDollarsPlotVoidConspiracyAnarchistPyramids19th CenturyShiverMasonsMasonicDollar BillsWhen All Else FailsSingle Eye Author:Thomas Pynchon
“I always know it's Sunday because I wake up feeling apologetic. That's one of the cool things about being a Catholic . . . it's a multifaceted experience. If you lose the faith, chances are you'll keep the guilt, so it isn't as if you've been skunked altogether.” IfsKnowsFeelingsLosesChanceWake UpCatholicGuiltSundayChances AreCool ThingsApologetic Book:More Plums in One: Four to Score, High Five, and Hot Six Source: More Plums in One: Four to Score, High Five, and Hot Six
“I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I learned that, I gave Jesus a chance.” KnowsBelieveJesusI BelieveChurchChanceTreeMajorsBaseballCatholicI Believe InInstanceHittingMinorsMushroomsBaseball GamesBeadsRosaryFunny BaseballStitchesBrahmaGreat BaseballDuncanBaseball HittingBaseball CoachDurhamVishnu Author:Ron Shelton
“The Catholic Church is a thousand times better than your Protestant Church upon that question [of damnation]. The Catholic Church believes in purgatory - that is, a place where a fellow can get a chance to make a motion for a new trial.” BelieveReligionChurchChanceThousandCatholicFellowsTrialsCatholic ChurchProtestantsDamnationPurgatory Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“Have a great compassion for people. To be able to have a heart full of compassion, we need to pray. Especially be kind, be loving to the poor. We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich. We are in debt to them. Do you want to do something beautiful for God? There is a person who needs you. This is your chance.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsHeartKindPersonsAbleBeautifulChancePoorCompassionRichPrayingCatholicDebtBe KindNeed YouSomething Beautiful Author:Mother Teresa
“If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.” IfsBelieveGodChristianJoyFaithBeliefReligiousWorkChanceChristianityDutyBecomingCatholicEverydaySpreadChristian InspirationalDaily LifeHave FaithTrust In GodEveryday LifeCommitment To GodBishopsIntimacy With GodServant Of GodFollowing JesusGod Within Us Author:Pope Francis
“As Lent is the time for greater love, listen to Jesus' thirst...'Repen t and believe' Jesus tells us. What are we to repent? Our indifference, our hardness of heart. What are we to believe? Jesus thirsts even now, in your heart and in the poor -- He knows your weakness. He wants only your love, wants only the chance to love you.” KnowsWantBelieveHeartJesusChancePoorGreaterLove YouWeaknessCatholicIndifferenceThirstRepentCatholic SaintHardnessCatholic FaithGreater LoveLentenHardness Of Heart Author:Mother Teresa