"It's true he was a sinner. But don't……" — Josemaria Escriva
"It's true he was a sinner. But don't pass so final a judgement. Have pity in your heart and don't forget that he may yet be an Augustine, while you remain just another mediocrity."
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Josemaria Escriva
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40 Quotes by Josemaria Escriva
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You need a heart which is in love, not an easy life, to achieve happiness.
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You can be sure you are a man of God if you suffer injustice gladly and in silence.
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At the time of your examination(of sins) beware of the devil that ties your tongue.
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'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't…
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When you approach the tabernacle remember that he has been waiting for you for twenty centuries.
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Many Christians take their time and have leisure enough in their social life (no hurry here). They are leisurely, too,…
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Don't you long to shout to those youths who are bustling around you: Fools! Leave those worldly things that shackle…
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We all must have the faith of children, but the doctrine of theologians.
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I assure you, my children, that when a Christian carries out with love the most insignificant everyday action, that action…
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Understand this well: there is something holy, something divine hidden in the most ordinary situations, and it is up to…
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You must realise now, more clearly than ever, that God is calling you to serve Him in and from the…
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There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who…
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Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will…
— John Calvin
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St. Augustine and St. Thomas define mortal sin to be a turning away from God: that is, the turning of…
— Alphonsus Liguori
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'You told me, Father, that after my past life it is still possible to become another St. Augustine. I don't…
— Josemaria Escriva
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Did a Magdalene, a Paul, a Constantine, an Augustine become mountains of ice after their conversion? Quite the contrary. We…
— Frances Xavier Cabrini
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The big, blazing truth about man is that he has a heaven-sized hole in his heart, and nothing else can…
— Peter Kreeft
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Beauty is a key to the mystery and a call to transcendence. It is an invitation to savor life and…
— Pope John Paul II
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According to St. Bonaventure, all the angels in heaven unceasingly call out to her: "Holy, holy, holy Mary, Virgin Mother…
— Louis de Montfort
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Loving difficult people will refine us. Perhaps only in heaven will our love be so perfected that we can actually…
— Scott Hahn
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As we shall see, the concept of time has no meaning before the beginning of the universe. This was first…
— Stephen Hawking
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The conscious mind allows itself to be trained like a parrot, but the unconscious does not—which is why St. Augustine…
— Carl Jung
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For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people.…
— Coretta Scott King
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Again, I hear almost everyday from atheists who write off religion as primitive, premodern nonsense. I summon Aquinas, Augustine, Paul…
— Robert Barron
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