“We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick.” WorldNeedsSpiritualGrowsChurchSickSickness Author:Pope Francis
“And when we go to church, read our Bibles, have our quiet times, and go to Christian conferences, we too can build some impressive spiritual muscles, but unless we use those spiritual muscles to change our lives, build the church, love our neighbors, and care for the sick and the poor, we...are just posers. Let us not take God's truth for granted.” UseCareChristianSpiritualChurchPoorOur LivesQuietSickNeighborGrantedMusclesConferencesImpressiveQuiet TimePosers Book:He Walks Among Us: Encounters with Christ in a Broken World Source: He Walks Among Us: Encounters with Christ in a Broken World
“In the life of the body a man is sometimes sick, and unless he takes medicine, he will die. Even so in the spiritual life a man is sick on account of sin. For that reason he needs medicine so that he may be restored to health; and this grace is bestowed in the Sacrament of Penance.” MenNeedsMaySometimesReasonBodySpiritualDiesSinGraceSickAccountsMedicineSaintSpiritual LifeConfessionSacramentsPenance Author:Thomas Aquinas
“The body of the human world is sick. Its remedy and healing will be the oneness of the kingdom of humanity. Its life is the Most Great Peace. Its illumination and quickening is love. Its happiness is the attainment of spiritual perfections.” WorldHumansBodySpiritualLife IsHumanityHealingPerfectionSickKingdomsOnenessRemedyIlluminationAttainmentQuickeningSpiritual Perfection Author:Abdu'l-Bahá
“The Cross was the place of your spiritual birth; it must ever be the spot for renewing your health, for it is the sanatorium of every sin-sick soul. The blood is the true balm of Gilead; it is the only catholicon [remedy] which heals every spiritual disease.” SoulSpiritualSinBloodBirthDiseaseCrossesSickHealSpotsRemedy Author:Charles Spurgeon
“People getting ready to go to jobs that they don’t like, jobs that are making them sick. You see when you are not pursuing your goal, you are literally committing spiritual suicide. When you have some goal out here that you are stretching for and reaching for that takes you out of your comfort zone, you’ll find out some talents and abilities you have that you didn’t know you have.” PeopleKnowsJobsSpiritualGoalAbilityTalentReadyComfortSickSuicideReachingZoneComfort ZoneStretchingTalents And Abilities Author:Les Brown
“Faith takes us to deep places, to the ruptures in our self-confidence and our lives. Do not settle for spiritual comfort all the time...Darkness is divine also. Faith is not about positive thinking so much as about what kicks in when we are weak, sick, and short of self-confidence. The via positiva never stands alone. The via negativa is always with us on our faith journey as well.” ThinkingWellsSoulSelfSpiritualDarknessOur LivesJourneyPositive ThinkingDivineComfortWeakSickSelf ConfidenceSettlingKicksStand AloneRupture Author:Matthew Fox