"Without risk there is no faith. Faith is precisely the contradiction between the infinite passion of the individual's inwardness and the objective uncertainty. If I am capable of grasping God objectively, I do not believe, but precisely because I cannot do this I must believe." - Soren Kierkegaard.
"The important thing is not to think much but to love much.. only in praer we learn to love God with heart, mind and soul." - Theresa Avila.
"Prayer is our response to God's interest in us and his love for us. To pray is to become aware of God's spirit living within us. Through prayer, we explore a deeper and more intimate relationship with God." - James M. Houston.
"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself." - Augustine of Hipp0.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon:
where there is doubt, faith ;
where there is despair, hope
where there is darkness, light
where there is sadness, joy
O divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen. - Francis of Asisi.
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