“Deep within us all there is an amazing inner sanctuary of the soul, a holy place, a Divine Centre, a speaking voice, to which we may continuously return. Eternity is at our hearts, pressing upon our time-torn lives, warming us with intimations of an astounding destiny, calling us home unto itself.” HeartMaySoulHomeVoiceDestinyDivineReturnHolyCallingEternityOur TimeCentreTornSanctuaryDeep WithinHoly Places Author:Thomas Raymond Kelly
“To forgive and to be forgiven are the two points of holy magnificence and holy modesty; round these two centres the whole doctrine of largesse revolves.” TwoWholeHolyForgivingRoundsDoctrineModestyForgivenCentreMagnificenceLargesse Book:The Image of the City and Other Essays Source: The Image of the City and Other Essays
“The city is the image of the soul, the surrounding walls being the frontier between the outward and inward life. The gates are the faculties or senses connecting the life of the soul with the outward world. Living springs of water rise within it. And in the centre, where beats the heart, stands the holy sanctuary.” WorldHeartSoulWaterCitiesWallHolyBeatsSpringSensesGatesFacultyInwardCentreConnectingFrontiersSanctuary Author:St. Catherine of Siena
“[...] We have to realize that this wound [of loneliness] is inherent in the human condition and that what we have to do is walk with it instead of fleeing from it. We cannot accept it until we discover that we are loved by God just as we are, and that the Holy Spirit in a mysterious way is living at the centre of the wound.” WayHumansSpiritRealizingWalksAcceptingConditionsLonelinessHolyWoundsMysteriousHoly SpiritHuman ConditionInherentCentreFleeingMysterious Ways Author:Jean Vanier
“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
“In order to the attaining of all useful knowledge this is most necessary, that we fear God; we are not qualified to profit by the instructions that are given us unless our minds be possessed with a holy reverence of God, and every thought within us be brought into obedience to Him.... As all our knowledge must take rise from the fear of God, so it must tend to it as its perfection and centre. Those know enough who know how to fear God, who are careful in every thing to please Him and fearful of offending Him in any thing; this is the Alpha and Omega of knowledge.” KnowsMindEnoughChristianOrderGivenFearKnow HowHolyPleaseBlessingPerfectionProfitCarefulChristian LifeObedienceInstructionReverenceFearfulPossessedCentreQualifiedAlphasChastisementOffendingFear GodAlpha And OmegaUseful Knowledge Author:Matthew Henry