“The blood of Abraham, God's father of the chosen, still flows in the veins of Arab, Jew, and Christian, and too much of it has been spilled in grasping for the inheritance of the revered patriarch in the Middle East. The spilled blood in the Holy Land still cries out to God--an anguished cry for peace.” Has BeensStillsChristianReligionFatherToo MuchBloodLandMiddleCryHolyFlowJewEastChosenMiddle EastVeinsInheritanceAbrahamGraspingHoly LandPatriarch Book:We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land Source: We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land
“To give worthy praise to the Lord's mercy, we unite ourselves with Your Immaculate Mother, for then our hymn will be more pleasing to You, because She is chosen from among men and angels. Through Her, as through a pure crystal, Your mercy was passed on to us. Through Her, man became pleasing to God; Through Her, streams of grace flowed down upon us.” MenGivingChristianMotherLordGraceHolyPureAngelMercyPraiseWorthyChosenStreamsCrystalsHymnsImmaculateHoly Mary Author:Mary Faustina Kowalska
“It is absurd to think that anything in us could have the least influence upon our election. Some say that God did foresee that such persons would believe, and therefore did choose them; so they would make the business of salvation to depend upon something in us. Whereas God does not choose us FOR faith, but TO faith. "He hath chosen us, that we should be holy" (Eph. 1:4), not because we would be holy, but that we might be holy. We are elected to boldness, not for it.” ThinkingShouldBelievePersonsDoeMightWould BeInfluenceDependsHolyElectionSalvationChosenAbsurdBoldness Author:Thomas Watson
“Inspiration: A peculiar effect of divine flatulence emitted by the Holy Spirit which hisses into the ears of a few chosen of God.” InspirationSpiritEffectsDivineHolyEarsChosenHoly SpiritPeculiarFlatulence Author:Voltaire
“Andorrans deserve much better than the rule of superstitious hysterics and extreme authoritarians, who try to instill obedience to their Holy Texts and chosen Divinities - and we should not fail to see that the terms are appropriate, if anything too kind.” IfsShouldTryingKindTermFailingHolyDeserveExtremesChosenObedienceDivinityAppropriateSuperstitiousInstill Author:Noam Chomsky
“In this case [the Charlemagne Prize], I don't say (I was) forced, but convinced by the holy and theological headstrongness of Cardinal [Walter] Kasper, because he was chosen, elected by Aachen to convince me. And I said yes, but in the Vatican. And I said I offer it for Europe, as a co-decoration for Europe, a prize so that Europe may do what I desired at Strasburg; that it may no longer be "grandmother Europe" but "mother Europe."” MaySaidMotherCasesHolyOffersEuropeConvincedChosenConvinceGrandmotherPrizeTheologicalCardinalsDecoration Author:Pope Francis
“My theology is based on what I tell my Sunday-school kids - that they are loved and chosen, AS IS, now, today. That the moment is holy, sacred, and all there is - and that we are only as sick as our secrets. So TELL IT.” MomentsKidsTodaySchoolSecretHolySickSacredTheologyChosenSundaySunday School Author:Anne Lamott
“How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in furnaces? Praised be Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar?” EndsMotherNightUniverseFatherNamesNationsWatchesBrotherMastersHolyBlessedChosenAlmightyOur FatherAltarsDay And NightFurnaces Book:Night Source: Night
“Worship is about something we do. It involves sacrifice. But at the heart of the gospel is this truth, we are called and chosen by God to join in with the dance of the trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.” HeartSpiritFatherSacrificeSonHolyWorshipChosenHoly SpiritFather SonTrinityChosen By God Author:Tim Hughes