“If the Almighty in his mercy allows us to settle peace among the christian leaders, we shall press on not only to destroy completely the bad seeds, but also to expand the territories of Christ, and, supported by these achievements, we shall go forward, with God favouring his own purposes, to the most holy expedition against the infidels, the desire for which is deeply fixed in our heart.” IfsHeartChristianDesirePurposeChristLeaderHolyAchievementMercyPressesSeedsSettlingFixedTerritoryAlmightyInfidelExpeditionsChristian LeadersBad Seed Author:Pope Leo X
“The glow of inspiration warms us; this holy rapture springs from the seeds of the Divine mind sown in man.” MenMindInspirationDivineHolySpringSeedsRapture Author:Ovid
“If anyone does not in accord with the Holy Fathers acknowledge the holy and ever virgin and immaculate Mary was really and truly the Mother of God, inasmuch as she, in the fullness of time,and without seed, conceived by the Holy Spirit, God in the Word Himself, who before all time was born of God the Father, and without loss of integrity brought Him forth, and after His birth preserved her virginity inviolate, let him be condemned.” IfsDoeSpiritMotherFatherBornReligiousLossBirthIntegrityHolySeedsAll TimeAcknowledgeHoly SpiritMaryVirginsFullnessAccordVirginityVirgin MaryImmaculate Author:Pope Martin I
“God not only initiated my salvation, He not only sowed the seed, but He made sure that that seed germinated in my heart by regenerating me by the power of the Holy Ghost.” HeartMadeMy HeartHolySalvationSeedsGhostHoly Ghost Author:R. C. Sproul
“There are so many tender and holy emotions flying about in our inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, which receives into its limbs all these incorporeal spirits, and the perfume of all these flowers.” WorldBodySpiritEmotionRichFlowerBearsHolySpringAngelAssumingSeedsLovelyFlyingInwardPerfumeLimbsNever Assume Author:Jean Paul
“Pulling weeds and planting seeds. That's the story of life. We are individual lots on which either weeds of selfishness or fruit of the Holy Spirit grows and flourishes.” StoriesSpiritIndividualGrowsHolyFruitSeedsSelfishnessHoly SpiritWeedPullingPlanting SeedsPulling Weeds Book:Moments Together for Couples: 365 Daily Devotions for Drawing Near to God & One Another Source: Moments Together for Couples: 365 Daily Devotions for Drawing Near to God & One Another
“Elderly people are like plants. Whereas some go to seed, or to pot, others blossom in the most wonderful ways. I believe beauty competitions should be held only for people over seventy years of age. When we are young, we have the face and figure God gave us. We did nothing to earn our good looks. But as we get older, character becomes etched on our face. Beautiful old people are works of art. Like a white candle in a holy place, so it the beauty of an aged face.” PeopleWayShouldYearsBelieveLooksArtCharacterAgeBeautifulFacesYoungI BelieveWhiteWonderfulFiguresHolyCompetitionAgingPlantSeedsWorks Of ArtPotCandleSeventiesLooking GoodOld PeopleElderlyHoly Places Author:James Simpson
“For paradise we long. For perfection we were made...This longing is the source of the hunger and dissatisfaction that mark our lives...This longing makes our loves and friendships possible, and so very unsatisfactory. The hunger is for...nothing less than perfect communion with the...one in whom all the fragments of our scattered existence come together...we must not stifle this longing. It is a holy dissatisfaction. Such dissatisfaction is not a sickness to be healed, but the seed of a promise to be fulfilled...The only death to fear is the death of settling for something less.” LongMadeTogetherPerfectExistenceOur LivesSourceHolyPromisePerfectionMarkLongingHungerSeedsSettlingParadiseSicknessFulfilledCommunionOur LoveFragmentsHealedDissatisfactionLove And Friendship Author:Richard John Neuhaus
“Power. What do we mean? 'The ability to determine another man's luck.' ...how is it that some men attain mastery over others while the vast majority live and die as minions, as livestock? The answer is a holy trinity. First: God-given gifts of charisma. Second: the discipline to nurture these gifts to maturity, for though humanity's topsoil is fertile with talent, only one seed in ten thousand will ever flower -- for want of discipline. Third: the will to power.” MenWantFirstsMeanHumanityDiesGivenAbilityAnswersTalentFlowerDisciplineHolyThousandTenThirdsLuckMajorityDetermineSeedsMaturityMasteryNurtureAnother ManWill PowerCharismaFertileTrinityLivestockMinionsHoly TrinityTopsoil Author:David Mitchell