Lord, may I think what you want me to think. May I desire what you want me to desire. May I speak… — Pedro Poveda Castroverde Copy Share Image
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The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence. — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
[The Catholic religion] was something I carried with me, never forgot, brought into my music. And it's been in my music ever… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
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The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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In Islam, there is no priesthood and each person stands before God, like in the daily prayers, without an intermediary. That's in… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
If you're from New York and you're Catholic, you're still Jewish. If you're from Butte Montana and you're Jewish, you're still goyisch.… — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
Both need each other: The agnostic cannot be content to not know, but must be in search of the great truth of… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
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Look out sinners because if you do not go to confession, confession will come to you. The Catholic Church in northern England… — Peter Sagal Copy Share Image
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The woman is at the heart of the home. Let us pray that we women realize the reason for our existence: to… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
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If you want God to hear your prayers, hear the voice of the poor. If you wish God to anticipate your wants,… — Thomas of Villanova Copy Share Image
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The Germans now seem the primary example of this [institutional-maintenance type] - which is another reason to scratch the head at their… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
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