The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
The ethos of redemption is realized in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
Faith and Reason are like two wings of the human spirit by which is soars to the truth.
Love consists of a commitment which limits one’s freedom – it is a giving of the self, and to give oneself means just that: to limit one’s freedom on behalf of another.
…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
The true Christian can nurture a trustful optimism, because he is certain of not walking alone. In sending us Jesus, the eternal Son made man, God has drawn near to each of us. In Christ he has become our travelling companion.
A person’s rightful due is to be treated as an object of love, not as an object for use.
Friendship, as has been said, consists in a full commitment of the will to another person with a view to that person’s good.
Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
Limitation of one’s freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
I plead with you–never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid.
The lust of the flesh directs these desires [of personal union], however, to satisfaction of the body, often at the cost of a real and full communion of persons.
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.
None can sense more deeply than you artists, ingenious creators of beauty that you are, something of the pathos with which God at the dawn of creation looked upon the work of his hands.
He was alone in his wonderment,amoung creatures incapable of wonder–for them it was enough to exist and go their way.
…all that is carried alongby the stream’s silvery cascade,rhythmically falling from the mountain,carried by its own current–carried where?
The capacity to love is determined by the fact that man is ready to seek the good consciously with others, to subordinate himself to this good because of others, or to subordinate himself to others because of this good.
Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace, to live peace…Peace will be the last word of history.
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.
Treating a person as a means to an end, and an end moreover which in this case is pleasure, the maximization of pleasure, will always stand in the way of love.
When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
Prayer finds its source in God’s holiness and it is at the same time our response to this holiness.
Men are like wine-some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.
~Have NO fear of moving into the unknown. Simply step out fearlessly knowing that I am with YOU, therefore NO harm can befall YOU; all is very, very well. Do this in complete faith and confidence~
A person is an objective entity, which as a definite subject has the closest contacts with the whole (external) world and is most intimately involved with it precisely because of its inwardness, its interior life.
The earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.
A democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism.
Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
Learning to think rigorously, so as to act rightly and to serve humanity better.
The human being is single, unique, and unrepeatable, someone thought of and chosen from eternity, someone called and identified by name
There is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
God allows man to learn His supernatural ends, but the decision to strive towards an end, the choice of course, is left to man’s free will. God does not redeem man against his will.
Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
A person is an entity of a sort to which the only proper and adequate way to relate is love.