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The saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor.


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Being disguised under the disfigurement of an ugly crucifixion and death, the Christ upon the cross is paradoxically the clearest revelation of who God is.



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Lovers are the ones who know most about God; the theologian must listen to them.



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It is to the Cross that the Christian is challenged to follow his Master: no path of redemption can make a detour around it.



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There will never be beings unloved by God, since God is absolute love.



To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.

To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.



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The Holy Spirit knows what a particular age's most pressing need is far better than men with their programs.



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There is much in Christianity which can be subjected to exact analysis. But the ultimate things are shrouded in the silent mysteries of God.



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Not longer loved or fostered by religion, beauty is lifted from its face as a mask, and its absence exposes features on that face which threaten to become incomprehensible to man.



God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.

God defines himself as "I am who I am", which also means: My being is such that I shall always be present in every moment of becoming.





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The best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is never to forget the presence of Christ.




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