It is healthy to say, 'Yes, I am a sinner,' and to recognise that this should lead us to turn to God… — Basil Hume Compassion Copy Share Image
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order. — Basil Hume Add Copy Share Image
Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert… — Basil Hume Christ Copy Share Image
It is not because we are drawn to prayer that we first begin to pray; more often, we have to begin prayer,… — Basil Hume Come Copy Share Image
When we are truly praying, then we can begin to see Christ in our neighbour; when we are really praying, we can… — Basil Hume Begin Copy Share Image
Deep down, we remain human, very human and have all the desires to love and be loved by one person. — Basil Hume Deep down Copy Share Image
What did our Lord do by his Passion, Death, and Resurrection? He bridged that gulf which exists between God and man, a… — Basil Hume Death Copy Share Image
From aquaintances we conceal our real selves. To our friends we reveal our weaknesses. — Basil Hume Friendship Copy Share Image
Even though you find yourself in an intolerable position, one in which you think you have no right to be, accept it… — Basil Hume Accept Copy Share Image
On the whole, monks do not become famous - and that is a good thing - but monasteries do - and that… — Basil Hume Community Copy Share Image
We are blind: we cannot see God with our senses, and our deductions from what we know or are thinking about the… — Basil Hume Blind Copy Share Image
In my opinion, it is a mistake to expect in prayer a response from God. Often, God's response is outside prayer. And… — Basil Hume Effort Copy Share Image
Most of the early monks were not ordained. It was the pastoral work they undertook with the faithful that, over the centuries,… — Basil Hume Early Copy Share Image
Our response, our attitude, depends on our realisation of God's attitude toward us. If I experience love or have experienced it, this… — Basil Hume Attitude Copy Share Image
It's one thing to see the suffering and dying on the television screen and quite another to be there and experience it.… — Basil Hume Children Copy Share Image
The experience of prayer when there is no awareness of God and no apparent response from ourselves should not lead us to… — Basil Hume Awareness Copy Share Image
I believe that we have a duty to look frankly at the social conditions around us and to work to do what… — Basil Hume Believe Copy Share Image
Know how to 'cling' to him in prayer, and then you will see the face of Christ more clearly in those whom… — Basil Hume Face Copy Share Image
We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life. — Basil Hume Life Copy Share Image
Let us remind ourselves that if we are to be our Lord's disciples, we must take up his Cross and follow him. — Basil Hume Disciples Copy Share Image
How wonderful it would be if the love of God was our priority and the love of neighbour flowed from that. — Basil Hume God Copy Share Image
The voice that called us years ago still calls us today. Every monastic day is a new monastic beginning. — Basil Hume Beginning Copy Share Image
The 'Rule of St. Benedict' makes it possible for ordinary folk to live lives of quite extraordinary value. The weak have a… — Basil Hume Benedict Copy Share Image
Soon after you're dead - we're not sure how long - but not long, you'll be united with the most ecstatic love… — Basil Hume Best things Copy Share Image
Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and… — Basil Hume Certain Copy Share Image
Behind every crucifix stands our risen Lord. Hidden in every suffering and pain is the joy of closer union with him. His… — Basil Hume Crucifix Copy Share Image
It is axiomatic that the Cross we get is the one we most dislike: we would choose any other. But it is… — Basil Hume Bear Copy Share Image
“Calls for social cohesion will fall on deaf ears if we see ourselves as a collection of individuals, rather than as a… — Basil Hume Cohesion Copy Share Image
The devil took advantage of Christ's hunger to tempt him to limit his concern to the relief of human need. These are… — Basil Hume Church Copy Share Image
Living and working in the centre of a city, one cannot but be affected by the sight of the homeless on the… — Basil Hume Big city Copy Share Image
