“Confirmation, the Holy Eucharist, Extreme Unction, Matrimony, and Holy Orders presuppose the state of sancti fying grace, which they merely increase (iusti-ficatio… — Joseph Pohle Copy Share Image
Workers for Christ are never to think, much less to speak, of failure in their work. The Lord Jesus is our efficiency… — Ellen G. White Copy Share Image
The thing I was beginning to figure out about Sam and Grace, the thing about Sam not being able to function without… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Every woman hates her own body. I don't know a woman who doesn't . . . well, I do know a few… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
Stephen prayed for his persecutors, who had not been able even to listen to the Name of Christ, when he said of… — Ambrose Copy Share Image
If and when a horror turns up you will then be given Grace to help you. I don't think one is usually… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I… — Anthony Shadid Copy Share Image
Wonder is like grace, in that it's not a condition we grasp; it grasps us. Wonder is not an obligatory element in… — David James Duncan Copy Share Image
As to what pertains to the case of infants: You [Fidus] said that they ought not to be baptized within the second… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
“Cheap grace means grace sold on the market like cheapjacks' wares. The sacraments, the forgiveness of sin, and the consolations of religion… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The way I played music there was the way I wanted to farm, chop wood, cook, make love, raise children. Everything. A… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Ben Farmer brings a legend to life in Evangeline, evoking with grace and panache the travails of the Acadians in mid-eighteenth century… — Keith Donohue Copy Share Image
Catholic theology accounts for the fact that there's evil in the world. People say, well, how could God let this happen. Well,… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
The Bible’s purpose is not so much to show you how to live a good life. The Bible’s purpose is to show… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
Nightfall. “What a strange word. ‘Night’ I get. But ‘fall’ is a gentle word. Autumn leaves fall, swirling with languid grace To… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
Sin also carries on its war by entangling the affections and drawing them into an alliance against the mind. Grace may be… — John Owen Copy Share Image
Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of my friend, the incomparable Ms. Whitney Houston. My heartfelt condolences to Whitney's family… — Mariah Carey Copy Share Image
Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith. It means being “willing to submit… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Copy Share Image
In the most difficult circumstances of life, there is often only one source of peace. The Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, extends… — Donald L. Hallstrom Copy Share Image
The Lord loves all people, but He loves those who seek Him even more. To his chosen ones the Lord gives such… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
An adult is one who has lost the grace, the freshness, the innocence of the child, who is no longer capable of… — Arnaud Desjardins Copy Share Image
Christian optimism is not a sugary optimism, nor is it a mere human confidence that everything will turn out all right. It… — Josemaria Escriva Copy Share Image
This is the doctrine that we preach; if a man be saved, all the honor is to be given to Christ; but… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
With all your power, ask the Lord for humility and brotherly love, because God freely gives His grace for love towards one's… — Silouan the Athonite Copy Share Image
Some souls think that the Holy Spirit is very far away, far, far, up above. Actually he is, we might say, the… — Concepcion Cabrera de Armida Copy Share Image
Jnana is given neither from outside nor from another person. It can be realised by each and everyone in his own Heart.… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
If I had the perspective of the whole, perhaps I'd see it? That which seems evil, is it a cloud to bring… — Ann Voskamp Copy Share Image
“Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will conquer all these… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
Love for me is my North Star. It's the highest form of grace. And I love that there's different levels and different… — Ben Harper Copy Share Image
“...stooping very low, He engraves with care His Name, indelible, upon our dust; And from the ashes of our self-despair, Kindles a… — Patricia St. John Copy Share Image
For America today organic architecture interprets (will eventually build) this local embodiment of human freedom. This natural architecture seeks spaciousness, grace and… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
There's a grace period where being a mess is charming and interesting, and then I think when you hit around 27, it… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
[Grace] is given not to make us something other than ourselves but to make us radically ourselves. Grace is given not to… — John Philip Newell Copy Share Image
“Grace means that in the middle of our struggle the referee blows the whistle and announces the end of the game. We… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
A moment of grace. There rose up within me a profound sense of being loved. I felt "gathered together" and encircled by… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Death is the gate of life. Ingratitude is the soul's enemy... Ingratitude is a burning wind that dries up the source of… — Bernard of Clairvaux Copy Share Image
Love is the overflow of joy in God! It is not duty for duty's sake, or right for right's sake. It is… — John Piper Copy Share Image
This is the God of the gospel of grace. A God who, out of love for us, sent the only Son He… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
She could've looked at the tiny miracles in front of her: my feet, my hands, my fingers, the shape of my shoulders… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Whereas there can be but one Baptism, they think they can Baptize; they have abandoned the fountain of life, yet promise the… — Cyprian Copy Share Image
![“As to what pertains to the case of infants: You [Fidus] said that they ought not to be baptized within the second or third day after their birth, that the old law of circumcision must be taken into consideration, and that you did not think that one should be baptized and sanctified within the…” quote by Cyprian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ae0/cyprian-16127_baptism_as-to-what-pertains-to-the-case-of-infan_763451.jpg)
![“Patience means accepting that which cannot be changed and facing it with courage, grace, and faith. It means being “willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a child doth submit to his father.” Ultimately, patience means being “firm and steadfast, and…” quote by Dieter F. Uchtdorf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb3/dieter-f-uchtdorf-762_accepting_patience-means-accepting-that-which-cann_761913.jpg)
![“[Grace] is given not to make us something other than ourselves but to make us radically ourselves. Grace is given not to implant in us a foreign wisdom but to make us alive to the wisdom that was born with us in our mothers womb. Grace is given not to lead us into another identity but to…” quote by John Philip Newell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/70d/john-philip-newell-70753_alive_grace-is-given-not-to-make-us-something_1446210.jpg)
