“A great purposelessness has descended upon modern civilizations. People at large have lost any sense of the meaning and purpose of life; and without an understanding of our own purpose, there can be no true commitment. Whether that commitment is to marriage, family, study, work, God, relationships, or the simple resolutions of our lives, it will be almost impossible to fulfill without a clear and practical understanding of our purpose. Commitment and purpose go hand in hand.” PeopleHandsPurposeLostUnderstandingSimpleStudyClearOur LivesImpossibleModernCivilizationCommitmentCatholicPracticalsResolutionPurpose Of LifeHand In HandModern CivilizationPurposelessness Book:The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose Source: The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose
“The Catholic Church [with Pope John Paul II] has lost its shepherd. The world has lost a champion of human freedom.” WorldHumansLostChurchCatholicChampionPopeCatholic ChurchShepherdsHuman FreedomJohn PaulJohn Paul IiPope John Paul Author:Chris Matthews
“I made a crash landing here on Earth on February 14, 1962, in the Shreveport Catholic Charities Home for un-wed mothers. The infamous Bonnie and Clyde lost their lives just miles from where I was born. Like outlaws ourselves, my birth mother and I were on the run from the day she found out I was part of her.” MadeHomeRunningEarthMotherFoundLostBornBirthCatholicCharityMilesCrashLandingOutlawFebruaryInfamousBirth Mother Author:Kevyn Aucoin
“The reason I went to an all-boys Catholic school was because they had the best football team. We won the state championship my junior year. It was super-competitive. We lost in the semifinals my senior year, and it still haunts me.” YearsStillsStatesReasonSchoolLostBoysTeamFootballCatholicChampionshipSeniorJuniorsBest FootballFootball TeamCatholic SchoolSenior YearJunior Year Author:Theo Rossi
“By the time I went to the Catholic University of America, which was the time the priests were all leaving with the nuns, the more I studied about the Bible and how it came about, the more I lost my faith.” AmericaLostCatholicLeavingUniversityPriestsNun Author:Susan Sarandon
“The Roman Catholic Church early on simply adapted the hierarchical structure of the Roman Empire and confused the whole thing. Vertical attention and hierarchy were so entangled, that when the French killed the king during the Revolution, they lost much of their vertical attention too.” WholeLostChurchAttentionRevolutionKingsCatholicStructureConfusedEmpiresHierarchyCatholic ChurchAdaptedRoman EmpireVerticalRoman CatholicRoman Catholic Church Author:Robert Bly
“Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.” Has BeensOrderLostCatholicDearVocationDear Ones Author:Edith Stein
“I never lost my faith...But like all modern Catholics, I felt for a time that I had outgrown the church. Now it is a bone of contention in my soul that I did not share my faith with my kids, as my parents did with me. It was a source of grace when I needed it. I have been greatly nurtured and inspired by my faith.” InspirationalHas BeensSoulKidsLostFeltParentChurchGraceShareModernSourceNeededCatholicInspiredBonesMy SoulContention Author:Martin Sheen
“Writers write about what obsesses them. You draw those cards. I lost my mother when I was 14. My daughter died at the age of 6. I lost my faith as a Catholic. When I'm writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is.” WritingAgePainMotherLostDarknessDrawsDaughterDiedCatholicCardsMy Daughter Author:Anne Rice
“Charity is that with which no man is lost, and without which no man is saved.” PeopleMenLostReligiousCatholicCharitySaintSavedCatholicismCatholic SaintJesuit Author:Robert Bellarmine
“I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because I'm not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way.” ThinkingWayWantLifeYearsLostReligiousAchieveCatholicLive LifeCoincidenceReligious FaithAnimalistic Author:Jimmy Carr
“In a world that has lost a sense of sin, one sin remains: Thou shalt not make people feel guilty (except, of course, about making people feel guilty). In other words, the only sin today is to call something a sin.” PeopleWorldFeelsTodayCoursesLostSinCatholicRemainsGuilty Author:Christopher West
“Humility is the safeguard of chastity. In the matter of purity, there is no greater danger than not fearing the danger. For my part, when I find a man secure of himself and without fear, I give him up for lost. I am less alarmed for one who is tempted and who resists by avoiding the occasions, than for one who is not tempted and is not careful to avoid occasions. When a person puts himself in an occasion, saying, I shall not fall, it is an almost infallible sign that he will fall, and with great injury to his soul.” MenGivingPersonsSoulMatterFallLostGreaterDangerHumilityCatholicCarefulSecureOccasionsPurityInjuryAvoidingTemptedChastityInfallibleChastity PurityPurity And Love Author:Philip Neri