“I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by the methodical path of the Jesuits.... It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation. DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that all can reach salvation.” Has BeensIdeasDifficultSimpleDecisionOpinionPathDemandEssenceCatholicSalvationScriptureGrantedRevelationsSubtleInterpretationUsersIconsProtestantsJesuitMethodicalHermeneuticsMacintoshSumptuousPersonal Decisions Author:Umberto Eco
“We're Catholics before we're Democrats. We're Catholics before we're Republicans. We're even Catholics before we're Americans, because we know that God has a demand on us prior to any government demand on us. And this has been the story of the martyrs through the centuries.” KnowsHas BeensStoriesGovernmentCenturyRepublicanDemandCatholicDemocratMartyr Author:Charles J. Chaput
“I have read that during the process of canonization the Catholic Church demands proof of joy in the candidate, and although I have not been able to track down chapter and verse I like the suggestion that dourness is not a sacred attribute.” AbleJoyProcessChurchDemandCatholicSacredTrackProofCandidatesAttributesChaptersVersesSuggestionsCatholic Church Book:Birds, beasts, and relatives Source: Birds, beasts, and relatives
“One of the very first poems I wrote was Docker That fist would drop a hammer on a Catholic and one of the sturdiest was Requiem for the Croppies, written 50 years after 1916 [the year of the Easter Rising]. Being responsible and what it means, what it demands, have indeed preoccupied me maybe too much. But this is it, this is the thing, this is what you're up against.” YearsFirstsMeanToo MuchWrittenDemandResponsibleCatholicRisingEasterFistsHammersBeing ResponsibleRequiem Author:Seamus Heaney
“There is no place for selfishness-and no place for fear! Do not be afraid, then, when love makes demands. Do not be afraid when love requires sacrifice” LoveChristianSacrificeDemandCatholicSelfishness Author:Pope John Paul II
“Real love is demanding. I would fail in my mission if I did not clearly tell you so. For it was Jesus - our Jesus himself - who said: 'You are my friends if you do what I command you'. Love demands effort and a personal commitment to the will of God. It means discipline and sacrifice, but it also means joy and human fulfilment.” IfsLoveRealChristianLove IsFailingDemandCommitmentCatholicMissionsGods WillGod LoveReal Love Author:Pope John Paul II
“As Our Predecessors have many times repeated, let no man think that he may for any reason whatsoever join the Masonic sect, if he values his Catholic name and his eternal salvation as he ought to value them. Let no one be deceived by a pretense of honesty. It may seem to some that Freemasons demand nothing that is openly contrary to religion and morality; but, as the whole principle and object of the sect lies in what is vicious and criminal, to join with these men or in any way to help them cannot be lawful” IfsThinkingMenWayMayReasonWholeHelpingSeemsLyingValuesNamesPrinciplesHonestyObjectsOughtMoralityDemandEternalCatholicSalvationCriminalsContraryViciousDeceivedPretenseSectsPredecessorsMasonic Book:A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII Source: A Light in the Heavens: Great Encyclical Letters of Pope Leo XIII
“To you who hear I say, love your enemies,do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you,pray for those who mistreat you.To the person who strikes you on one cheek,offer the other one as well,and from the person who takes your cloak,do not withhold even your tunic.Give to everyone who asks of you,and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back.Do to others as you would have them do to you.” GivingWellsPersonsHateAsksEnemyLove YouPrayingOffersDemandCatholicStrikesCurseBlessCheeksHate YouCloaksLove Your EnemiesMistreat Author:Luke the Evangelist