“Moving from unbelief, to Evangelicalism, and finally home to the Catholic Church, Professor Holly Ordway reveals how a gifted mind, longing for transcendence, can only appropriate it if it is wholly given by the reach and power of God's grace.” IfsMindHomeMovingGivenChurchGraceCatholicLongingAppropriateProfessorsGiftedTranscendenceCatholic ChurchUnbeliefGod's GracePower Of GodHollies Author:Francis J. Beckwith
“Thanksgiving is a holiday that brought together two different cultures. The pilgrims came here with the best intentions. They decided to flee an oppressive people and move to a new land. Where they thrived. And became an oppressive people. You get certain people on the same continent, there's going to be a problem. Pilgrims and Indians. Protestants, Catholics. My family, anybody else's family.” PeopleTwoDifferentProblemTogetherMovingCertainCultureLandMy FamilyDecidedCatholicIntentionHolidayContinentsProtestantsPilgrimDifferent CulturesBest Intentions Author:Christopher Titus
“A move of the Spirit of God is coming to the Catholic Church. The youth in particular will be ignited with a fresh fire of zeal and passion for Christ and His Gospel. A radical company of Believers will arise in the Catholic Church during this move, and they will release a flow of God's love and truth into the nations.” MovingSpiritPassionNationsChristChurchCompanyFireYouthParticularFlowCatholicBelieverAriseReleaseRadicalZealCatholic ChurchGod's LoveSpirit Of GodTruth And Love Author:Patricia King
“Church wealth are moving into everything-gas stations, banks, television stations, supermarket chains, hotels, steel mills, resort areas, farms, wine factories, warehouses, bottling works, printing plants, schools, theaters-everything you could conceivably think of that has nothing to do with religion, they are moving into big. They're even coming in as stockholders in the big oil companies, and the Bank of America is almost entirely owned by the Catholic Church.” ThinkingBigsSchoolAmericaMovingChurchWealthCompanyTelevisionAreasTheaterCatholicWinePlantOilChainsGasHotelStationsFarmsFactoriesSteelResortsCatholic ChurchPrintingMillsSupermarketsWarehouseOil CompaniesGas StationsBig Oil Author:Madalyn Murray O'Hair
“Here's the problem with Easter. The Catholic Church needs to pick a date because it keeps moving. And I think the reason they always have Easter moving to different dates is to catch us.” ThinkingNeedsDifferentReasonProblemMovingChurchPicksCatholicEasterKeep MovingCatholic Church Author:Denis Leary
“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.” NeedsSoulGodAbleMovingFallFoundStarsGrowsNatureSilenceSunTreeFlowerMoonCatholicSilentSensesNoiseGrassSunshineSilence IsNunRestlessnessFamous WomenNature BeautyGod LifeNature And BeautySpitefulGod And NatureNeed GodMoon And StarsNature's BeautyMother FlowerFinding GodGod NatureSun And StarsSun Moon And StarsSilence Of The HeartSounds Of SilenceGod's BeautyMoon And SunSun GodThe Moon And BackI Need God Author:Mother Teresa
“I contemplate the idea that maybe I'm an alcoholic. I get this occassionally, the need to define myself as something-or-the-other, and at various times in my life have wondered if I'm a Goth, a homosexul, a Jew, a Catholic or a manic depressive, whether I am adopted, or have a hole in my heart, or possess the ability to move objects with the power of my mind, and have always, most regretfully, come to the conclusion that I'm none of the above. The fact is I'm actually not ANYTHING.” IfsNeedsMindHeartIdeasFactsMovingAbilityObjectsMy HeartCatholicJewVariousHolesConclusionContemplatingAdoptedAlcoholicsOf My MindManicGothDepressiveHole In My Heart Author:David Nicholls
“I have been judged vehemently suspect of heresy, that is, of having held and believed that the sun in the centre of the universe and immoveable, and that the earth is not at the center of same, and that it does move. Wishing however, to remove from the minds of your Eminences and all faithful Christians this vehement suspicion reasonably conceived against me, I abjure with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith, I curse and detest the said errors and heresies, and generally all and every error, heresy, and sect contrary to the Holy Catholic Church. (Quoted in Shea and Artigas 194)” MindHeartDoeHas BeensSaidEarthChristianMovingUniverseWishChurchSunHolyCatholicErrorsContraryFaithfulCurseRemoveSuspectsSincereJudgedSuspicionCentreCatholic ChurchHeresySectsDetestEminenceVehementSincere Heart Author:Galileo Galilei
“All Jesus' pictures are falsifications; they cannot be about the real Jesus. This real man must have been totally different, because we know he enjoyed drinking - it is impossible to think of a person who enjoys drinking and not laughing. He enjoyed women - it is difficult to think of a man who enjoys women and not laughing. He was friendly, almost in love, with a prostitute, Mary Magdalene. It is difficult to move with a prostitute - he was not moving with a Catholic monk, not with a priest, not with the Pope... with a prostitute! These were the condemnations against him.” ThinkingKnowsMenPersonsHas BeensDifferentRealMovingJesusEnjoyDifficultChristLaughingImpossibleJesus ChristCatholicDrinkingEnjoyedFriendlyPriestsMaryPopeMonkCondemnationReal MenMary MagdaleneFalsification Author:Rajneesh
“I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not bid me to do so.” IfsBelieveMovingChurchAuthorityCatholicCatholic Church Author:Saint Augustine
“We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires. We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man. He is the measure of true humanism. An "adult" faith is not a faith that follows the trends of fashion and the latest novelty; a mature adult faith is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ.” NeedsDoeMovingDesireValuesChristChurchEgoHighestAdultsCatholicGuidesMatureCatholicismTrendsTidesDictatorshipNoveltyFlocksRelativism Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Such then in number and importance are the precious ties belonging to the Christian name which keep a believer in the Catholic Church, as it is right they should ... With you, where there is none of these things to attract or keep me... No one shall move me from the faith which binds my mind with ties so many and so strong to the Christian religion... For my part, I should not believe the gospel except as moved by the authority of the Catholic Church.” ShouldMindBelieveChristianMovingNamesStrongChurchNumbersAuthorityImportanceCatholicMovedBelieverTiesBelongingCatholicismCatholic Church Author:Saint Augustine
“I doubt if anyone of any tenderness or imagination can see the hand of a child and not be a little frightened of it. It is awful to think of the essential human energy moving so tiny a thing; it is like imagining that human nature could live in the wing of a butterfly or the leaf of a tree. When we look upon lives so human and yet so small... We feel the same kind of obligation to these creatures that a deity might feel...” IfsThinkingFeelsHumansLooksKindChildrenLittlesHandsMightMovingEnergyImaginationDoubtTreeHuman NatureCreaturesEssentialsCatholicWingsTinyObligationAwfulLook UpFrightenedButterflyTendernessLeafs Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“O, You who are ever giving life to all life, moving all creatures, root of all things, washing them clean, wiping out their mistakes, healing their wounds, You are our true life, luminous, wonderful, awakening the heart from its ancient sleep.” GivingHeartMovingSleepHealingMistakeWonderfulCreaturesAll ThingsRootsCatholicCleanAncientAwakeningWoundsWashingLuminousTrue LifeWiping Out Author:Hildegard of Bingen
“Once infected, the individual [infected with a god virus] cannot detect major contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Belief systems become self-evident to him, and no amount of logical discourse will move him from his belief. If a Mormon and Catholic were to debate the merits of their respective religions, neither could see his own inconsistencies and logical fallacies, but would see the other's quite clearly.” IfsSelfMovingReligionIndividualBeliefAmountBehaviorMajorsCatholicDebateMeritContradictionLogicalEvidentDiscourseVirusesFallacyBelief SystemsInconsistencyLogical Fallacy Author:Darrel Ray