“Grace abounds in contemporary movies, books, novels, films and music. If God is not in the whirlwind, He may be in a Woody Allen film, or a Bruce Springsteen concert. Most people understand imagery and symbol better than doctrine and dogma. Images touch hearts and awaken imaginations. One theologian suggested that Springsteen's 'Tunnel of Love' album, in which he symbolically sings of sin, death, despair and redemption, is more important for Catholics than the Pope's last visit when he spoke of morality only in doctrinal propositions.” PeopleIfsLoveHeartMayImportantBookAgeLastsFilmImaginationSinNovelGraceMoralityDespairCatholicAlbumsDoctrineContemporaryRedemptionSymbolsSpokesConcertsDogmaPopePropositionsTheologianImageryTunnelsWoodyWhirlwindSpringsteenFilm And MusicWoody Allen Film Author:Brennan Manning
“The sacred rites, although not instituted specifically for proving the truth of the dogmas of the Catholic Faith incontrovertibly, are effectively the living voice of Catholic Truth, the oft-sounded expression of it. For that very reason the true Church of Christ, even as she shows great zeal to guard inviolate those forms of divine worship - since they are hallowed and are not to be changed - sometimes grants or permits something novel in the performance of them in certain instances. This she does especially when they are in conformity with their venerable antiquity.” DoeSometimesReasonShowsFormCertainVoiceChristChurchNovelChangedDivineExpressionProveWorshipPerformancesCatholicSacredInstanceGrantsConformityCatholicismPermitDogmaZealAntiquityRiteCatholic FaithChurch Of Christ Author:Pope Leo XIII
“The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, colour-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I have read.” BookNovelReaderMusicianIdealsCatholicBlindColourBiasedShort Sighted Author:Anthony Burgess
“I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good novels; for instance, Cervantes wrote Don Quixote under Catholic censorship.” KnowsWritingLiteratureNovelCatholicInstanceCensorshipBedtime Author:Guillermo Cabrera Infante
“The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth.” NovelDevilCatholicDiscoveringDiscovering Something Author:Pope Leo I
“What, then, shall a Catholic Christian do ... if some novel contagion attempt to infect no longer a small part of the Church alone but the whole Church alike? He shall then see to it that he cleave unto antiquity, which is now utterly incapable of being seduced by any craft or novelty.” IfsWholeChristianChurchNovelCatholicCraftsIncapableNoveltyAntiquitySmall PartsContagion Author:Vincent of Lerins