“Jesus is not a memory. He is an actual, contemporary, reachable Person. He is the living Christ, who has the power to enter into people's lives and change and lift them up.” PeoplePersonsReligionJesusChristMemoriesContemporaryLiftsLife And Change Book:Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living Source: Have a Great Day: Daily Affirmations for Positive Living
“A heart-memory is better than a mere head-memory. Better to carry away a little of the love of Christ in our souls, than if we were able to repeat every word of every sermon we ever heard.” IfsHeartLittlesSoulAbleChristMemoriesHeardMereRepeatsSermons Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“Augustine says that we may, out of our dead sins, make stepping stones to rise to the heights of perfection. What did he mean by that? He meant that the memory of our falls may breed in us such a humility, such a distrust of self, such a constant clinging to Christ as we could never have had without the experience of our own weakness.” MayMeanSelfFallChristMemoriesSinHumilityWeaknessStonesPerfectionConstantHeightDistrustClingingStepping StonesAugustine Author:James Stalker
“The old gods and their magics did not dwindle away into murky memories of brownies and little fairies more at home in a Disney cartoon; rather, they changed. The coming of Christ and Christians actually freed them. They were no longer bound to people's expectations but could now become anything that they could imagine themselves to be. They are still here, walking among us. We just don't recognize them anymore.” PeopleLittlesStillsHomeChristianChristMemoriesImagineMagicChangedWalkingExpectationsBoundsFairyCartoonBrowniesDisney Cartoon Book:Triskell Tales: Twenty-two Years of Chapbooks Source: Triskell Tales: Twenty-two Years of Chapbooks
“Eriugena and other Celtic teachers speak of Christ as our memory, as the one who leads us to our deepest identity, as the one who remembers the song of our beginnings .” RememberSongSpeakChristMemoriesChristianityTeacherIdentityOur MemoriesCeltic Author:John Philip Newell