You will all be assailed, my dear friends, by the very real temptation to believe that you have been forsaken by God — that your priesthood is in vain, and that the weight of mortal grief and sin is more than you can bear. In the midst of your anguish you will ask of Him a sign, some visible ray of His unchanging light in a world of hideous darkness. I am sorry to say that this visible sign will rarely be given. The burning bush of Moses, the jewel-encrusted dove of Theresa, the Tolle lege of Augustine — these are no longer the style, as in the simpler days of saint and prophet. The light will be interior; you must look for it within . Henry Morton Robinson
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Anonymous
Sometimes God allows what he hates to accomplish what he loves.
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Joni Eareckson Tada
No woman wants to be in submission to a man who isn't in submission to God!
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T.d. Jakes
His hands are holding my cheeks, and he pulls back just to look me in the eye and his chest is heaving and he says, "I think, " he says, "my heart is going to explode, " and I wish, more than ever, that I...
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Tahereh Mafi
Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?
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Jacqueline Carey
More Quotes By Henry Morton Robinson
You will go far in the Church.""I have no desire to go far. My only ambition is to be a good priest."" You will be that, of course. Nevertheless, you will go higher. And do you know why?”“ Why?”“ Because, ” said Orselli, “you are...
You will all be assailed, my dear friends, by the very real temptation to believe that you have been forsaken by God — that your priesthood is in vain, and that the weight of mortal grief and sin is more than you can bear. In...
