Religion

“As much as you watch over your mind carelessly, by so much you will become distant from Jesus.” Hesychius of Jerusalem

"God is not some distant stranger. He shows us his face in Jesus." Benedict XVI

"We can find all that is necessary in the present moment. We need not worry about whether to pray or be silent, whether to withdraw into retreat or mix with people, to read or write, to meditate or make our minds a receptive blank, to shun or seek out

"Our life will have been worth something if and when we fall in love with Christ." Francis Fernandez

"Patience is the companion to wisdom." St. Augustine

"Apart from knowledge of his Creator, every man is but a brute." St. Jerome

"Peace is our final good." St. Augustine

Much in modern Christological arguments strikes me as ridiculous. In these arguments, theologians try to figure out what Christ was like, given that he was a combination of God and man. I don't purport to comprehend the arguments, but from what I understand, there's higher Christology

"Often, though, we will find the Cross in the ordinary and even trivial things that we encounter in the course of run-of-the-mill days: fatigue; lacking the time we would like to do things; having to renounce a pleasant plan we had made; bearing with love the defects of persons