“Growing up, I had a front row seat to seeing two people work really hard. My dad scrubbed toilets at a private Catholic school for a while and that was to help me get through school.” PeopleTwoHardHelpingSchoolGrowing UpGrowingSeeingFrontsDadCatholicMy DadSeatsHelp MeToiletsCatholic School Author:Mia Love
“It is not hard to obey when we love the one whom we obey.” HardCatholicSaintCatholic ChurchCatholic SaintRoman Catholic Author:Ignatius of Loyola
“Cardinal Dolan, of course, has a very, very hard job: trying to hold up Catholic family values in sexually liberal New York City. I'm not saying New York is the Gay Mecca. But it's at least Gay-rusalem.” TryingHardJobsReligionValuesCoursesCommunityLeadershipWorkCitiesFamilyComedyHuman NaturePolicyNew YorkGayEthicsCatholicStrategyNew York CitySexuallyCardinalsFamily ValuesMeccaCatholic Family Author:Stephen Colbert
“It's at the core of the Catholic faith, and to imagine how we are going to succeed in our country unless we have committed family life, a child-centered family system, is hard to imagine.” LifeChildrenCountryHardImagineSucceedCatholicCommittedCoreOur CountryFamily LifeCatholic Faith Author:Jeb Bush
“The hard struggle which the Pan-Germans fought with the Catholic Church can be accounted for only by their insufficient understanding of the spiritual nature of the people.” PeopleHardSpiritualUnderstandingChurchStruggleCatholicCatholic ChurchInsufficientSpiritual Nature Book:Mein Kampf Source: Mein Kampf
“I think there's a ton of things about being Catholic that are hard. Going to Church every week is tough. I'd like to go to church, like, every couple of months. Going to confession is hard. Confessing my sins out loud is a very difficult thing.” ThinkingHardDifficultChurchSinWeekMonthsCoupleToughCatholicLoudConfessionDifficult ThingsConfessingGoing To Church Author:Lino Rulli
“In the case of the Catholic Church, it's hard to understand how they so willfully sacrifice the children.” ChildrenHardChurchCasesSacrificeCatholicCatholic Church Author:Alex Gibney
“Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.” PeopleHardUseYoungDesireEvilNaturalHard WorkCatholicSatisfactionTechniqueAdvertisingThreatenedInclination Author:Pope John Paul II
“I believe in God. Maybe not the Catholic God or even the Christian one because I have a hard time seeing any God as elitist. I also have a hard time believing that anything that created rain forests and oceans and an infinite universe would, in the same process, create something as unnatural as humanity in its own image. I believe in God, but not as a he or she or an it, but as something that defines my ability to conceptualize within the rather paltry frames of reference I have on hand.” BelieveHardHandsChristianHumanityUniverseI BelieveProcessAbilitySeeingOceanRainInfiniteCatholicI Believe InForestsHard TimesBelieve In GodUnnaturalElitistI Believe In GodFrame Of ReferenceInfinite Universe Book:A Drink Before The War Source: A Drink Before The War
“Meditate on the horrors of Hell, which will last for eternity because of one easily-committed mortal sin. Try hard to be among the few who are chosen. Think of the eternal flames of Hell, and how few there are that are saved.” ThinkingTryingHardChristianLastsSinChristianityHellMeditationHorrorEternalDevilEternityCatholicSaintCommittedChristian InspirationalSavedCommitChosenMortalsFlamesSinnerMortal SinHell FireFranciscans Author:Benedict Joseph Labre
“It is frightfully hard to explain to Protestants that if you give Roman Catholics a good job and a good house, they will live like Protestants...they will refuse to have 18 children.... If you treat Roman Catholics with due consideration and kindness, they will live like Protestants in spite of the authoritative nature of their Church.” IfsGivingChildrenHardJobsHouseChurchKindnessTreatsCatholicRefuseDuesSpiteConsiderationGood JobProtestantsRoman Catholic Author:Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine
“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
“More than once I've had discussions with persons who say things based on a misunderstanding. 'Oh you Catholics worship images.' No we don't, 'yes you do,' no we don't, 'yes you do,' no we don't! The final retort to that is: I have a doctorate in Catholic theology that I have earned the hard way - by sitting in university classrooms for twelve years. I know what we believe! You get a doctorate in Catholic theology? What do you know about it? Nothing! You don't know anything about it. You're saying things that are born of misunderstanding or ignorance.” KnowsWayYearsBelievePersonsHardBornIgnoranceWorshipSittingCatholicFinalsUniversityTheologyDiscussionDo You KnowClassroomTwelveMisunderstandingHard WayDoctoratesRetorts Author:John Corapi