The difficulties of life should not distract you from the pursuit of your goals. Graciously pursue your goals.

You have the grace for happy life.

In art, either as creators or participators, we are helped to remember some of the glorious things we have forgotten, and some of the terrible things we were asked to endure…

It is not required that we know all of the details about every stretch of the river. Indeed, were we to know, it would not be an adventure, and I wonder if there would be...

Forever?”Sam’s lips smiled, but above his grin, his yellow eyes turned sad, as if he knew it was a lie.”Longer.

The fallacy in Peter’s mind was this: he believed his relationship was dependent on his consistency in producing the qualities he thought had earned him the Lord’s approval.

Courage and grace is a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is the bullring.

Grace is more than just leniency and unconditional acceptance. Divine grace is God’s relentless and loving pursuit of His enemies, who are unthankful, unworthy, and unlovable. Grace is not just God’s ability to save sinners,...

Grace is upside-down, to-do-list wrecking, scandalous and way-too free. It’s one-way love.

We should not aspire for acclaim and praise from those around us, but do service only to secure the Grace of God and not for any other reward from any one.

Besides,” she says, eyes twinkling mischievously, “it’d never work out between us. I’m still holding a candle for Professor Haven.””How could I compete with a middle-aged English professor?””Well,” she says, “you could do, but it’d...

Thunderously, inarguably, the Sermon on the Mount proves that before God we all stand on level ground: murderers and temper-throwers, adulterers and lusters, thieves and coveters. We are all desperate, and that is in fact...

Those who believe they have pleased God by the quality of their devotion and moral goodness naturally feel that they and their group deserve deference and power over others. The God of Jesus and the...

If it wasn’t for all those silver wings spread out to help you on your journey, you would’a been dead or someplace screamin’ in a nut house a long time ago.

It is the capacity to feel consuming grief and pain and despair that also allows me to embrace love and joy and beauty with my whole heart. I must let it all in.

Insofar as the intervention of grace constitutes the core of religious experience, the constant aim of every religious movement ought to be a reduction of transcendence coupled with an unswerving dedication to immanence. Let metaphysics...

Courtiers never look like fools, or engage in hard work if they can’t make it look easy. Conquering the world is a sweaty business, and perspiration always betrays.

Assured of your salvation by the unique grace of our Lord Jesus Christ” is the heartbeat of the gospel, joyful liberation from fear of the Final Outcome, a summons to self-acceptance, and freedom for a...

But I did not bring the Wild Boy to England simply so he could learn from us. I also brought him here so we could learn from him; so we can remember what it means...

There is no physician like Him, none can save as He can; we love Him, and He loves us, and therefore we put ourselves into His hands, accept whatever he prescribes, and do whatever He...

And once their imaginations are liberated, they begin glimpse the grand interconnectedness of all things. Eternity begins to peek out from behind the everyday things and they see the trappings of any earthly moment as...

The conscious attempt to be a good person without Christ is as legalistic as an attempt to make it into Heaven through empty religiosity.

You owe the world a load of wisdom to dispense. If you lay hands on the grace, make it happen. They world needs you!

432In the end, grace may prove irresistible, but love can never be forced. Augustine knew this.

Love your enemies” spend so much time killing His own?

You can let go of all that stuff you thought was real when you know it’s just a game. What a relief, what a state of grace that brings.

…there is nothing unforgivable and there are no secrets before an all-knowing merciful God.

Wherever the plan of God takes you, the grace of God will sustain you.

What really holds their marriage together are mutual respect of an awesome depth, a shared sense of humor, faith that they were brought together by a force greater than themselves, and a love so unwavering...

God is merciful to all who repent and turn to Him.

In league with being graced by greatness, prepare to be greeted, by all that is beneath you.

Let your past failures prepare you for future victories.

. . . there is an absolute disjunction between our Father’s love and our deserving.

You’re not going to die,” I told her, lifting my head to look at her. “I’m not done writing songs about you yet.

464Joy is found in the breath of acceptance knowing that all is well in our world, if we surrender with grace.

The great heroes of other ancient cultures were strong and clever and virtuous, but the great Jewish heroes copulated with slaves (Abraham), showed they were willing to allow others to have sex with their wives...

You are accepted.

There is in true grace an infinite circle: a man by thirsting receives, and receiving thirsts for more.

The greatness of the man’s power is the measure of his surrender.

Joy is a gift given not an emotion earned.

The nuns taught us there are two ways through life, the way of Nature and the way of Grace. You have to choose which one you’ll follow. Grace doesn’t try to please itself. Accepts being...

We’ve been experiencing God’s grace that’s how I would describe it.

What is “grace”? It is God’s own life, shared by us. God’s life is love. Deus caritas est. By grace we are able to share in the infinitely selfless love of Him Who is such...

…pray for the grace to realize that no matter where you are, you are in the presence of the Lord.

Get out of your own way. Learn to exist gracefully and peacefully with yourself.

People helping people, builds stronger communities

So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!

Despite what you think you know, sometimes your plans may be interrupted. Because you were designed for a purpose. You are on a mission to achieve greatness. No matter what obstacles lie in your path,...

common.”To me, that’s like bickering about what color God’s eyes are. (They’re hazel, in case you were wondering.)

I live in a world in which 40 men control wealth equal to that of nearly 80 countries, where to maintain their hegemony, countless acts of mayhem and massacre must occur every day. This is...