Absolute faith is not the place of self-affirmation, but the place of self-negation. Life of faith is not limited to our spiritual life. What is important is how our spiritual sensitivity is applied to our relative environment.
For me the hardest struggle in my faith life was the Catholic Church is against the death penalty.
As we live in the Spirit, we live in the process of God’s mind
If your life is rushing in many directions at once, you are incapable of the kind of deep, unhurried prayer that is vital to the Christian walk.
The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced
I'm very, very serious about my Catholicism and Hillary Clinton views that as a real asset. And we've talked about our faith lives, as she asked me to be on the ticket with her.
God then does not profess to answer in Scripture all the questions that we, in our boundless curiosity, would like to ask about Scripture. He tells us merely as much as He sees we need to know as a basis for our life of faith.
The stream of praying cannot rise higher than the fountain of living.
It is the only happy life to live for the salvation of souls.
I just live my life. I go where I feel God is calling me.
If we get our information from the biblical material there is no doubt that the Christian life is a dancing, leaping, daring life.
The Christian life is to live all of your life in the presence of God.
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
But it's true I hadn't realised quite how much the discipleship of Jesus Christ would involve keeping up with email.