“Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: "Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (Jn 3:5)” MenSpiritualSpiritWaterBornGraceHolySaintFleshKingdomsHoly SpiritSpiritual LifeKingdom Of GodBaptismBorn AgainRegeneration Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Some men of a secluded and studious life, have sent forth from their closet or their cloister, rays of intellectual light that have agitated courts, and revolutionized kingdoms; like the moon, that far removed from the ocean, and shining upon it with a serene and sober light, is the chief cause of all those ebbings and flowings which incessantly disturb that world of waters.” MenWorldLightCausesWaterMoonOceanIntellectualCourtShiningKingdomsChiefsRaysClosetsSoberSereneIncessantlyStudiousSecluded Author:Charles Caleb Colton
“The dust is old upon my "sandal-shoon," And still I am a pilgrim; I have roved From wild America to Bosphor's waters, And worshipp'd at innumerable shrines Of beauty; and the painter's art, to me, And sculpture, speak as with a living tongue, And of dead kingdoms, I recall the soul, Sitting amid their ruins.” ArtStillsSoulAmericaSpeakWaterTravelSittingTongueKingdomsPainterDustRuinsRecallsSculpturePilgrimShrinesSandals Book:Sacred Poems Source: Sacred Poems
“And in spite of everything, Ireland remains the brain of the Kingdom. The English, judiciously practical and ponderous, furnish the over-stuffed stomach of humanity with a perfect gadget--the water closet. The Irish, condemned to express themselves in a language not their own, have stamped on it the mark of their own genius and compete for glory with the civilized nations. This is then called English literature.” HumanityLiteratureLanguageNationsWaterPerfectBrainGeniusGloryMarkRemainsPracticalsKingdomsSpiteCivilizedStomachIrelandClosetsGadgetsEnglish LiteratureCivilized Nations Author:James Joyce
“Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.” MenSaidSpiritJesusWaterBornKingdomsExceptionKingdom Of GodBaptismOrdinancesBaptizedBaptized In Author:Gordon B. Hinckley