sacrifice

Christian Fortitude (Rejecting Falsehood) and Hope

We have arrived at an era in which the world unceasingly solicits our complicity with falsehood. . . . This is why we must create little islands of truth. Each Christian family, each school, each parish must become a little island in which all falsehood is banished, a place where we refuse all compromise with […]

Pain, Sacrifice, Love, Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven

Sacrifice without love is pain. Pain with love is sacrifice. Pain without love is misery. Love without pain is heaven. Love with pain is purgatory. Pain without love is hell. —Archbishop Fulton Sheen, Wartime Prayer Book —I came across the quote above in the Opening the Word program – March 18, 2018, Year B on […]

3 Quotes About Sacrifice and Love

I came across all three quotes below in the Opening the Word study program for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A on Formed. “Direct your thoughts to… bearing the crosses, little or great, that you will find there. Believe me, this is the most important and least understood point to the spiritual life.” […]