This is the most dangerous trial of all, when there is no trial and every thing goes well; for then a man is tempted to forget God, to become too bold and to misuse times of prosperity.
There are some of us who think to ourselves, 'If I had only been there! How quick I would have been to help the Baby. I would have washed His linen. How happy I would have been to go with the shepherds to see the Lord lying in the manger!' Why don't we do it now? We have Christ in our neighbor.
I have so much to do today, I'll need to spend another hour on my knees.
As long as we live there is never enough singing.
Who waits until circumstances completely favor his undertaking, will never accomplish anything.
No man understands the Scriptures, unless he be acquainted with the Cross.
He who loves not women, wine, and song Remains a fool his whole life long.
I would advise no one to send his child where the Holy Scriptures are not supreme. Every institution that does not unceasingly pursue the study of God's word becomes corrupt. Because of this we can see what kind of people they become in the universities and what they are like now.
He [Christ] died for me. He made His righteousness mine and made my sin His own; and if He made my sin His own, then I do not have it, and I am free.
It is not necessary for a preacher to express all his thoughts in one sermon. A preacher should have three principles: first, to make a good beginning, and not spend time with many words before coming to the point; secondly, to say that which belongs to the subject in chief, and avoid strange and foreign thoughts; thirdly, to stop at the proper time.
They gave our Master a crown of thorns, why do we hope for a crown of roses?
Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God. Now if it is lying on your back, you are lost; but if it is resting on Christ, you are free, and you will be saved. Now choose what you want.
I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.
But know that to serve God is nothing else than to serve your neighbor and do good to him in love, be it a child, wife, servant, enemy, friend....If you do not find yourself among the needy and the poor, where the Gospel shows us Christ, then you may know that your faith is not right, and that you have not yet tasted of Christ's benevolence and work for you.
In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.
Now the Church is not wood and stone, but the company of believing people; one must hold to them, and see how they believe, live and teach.
There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.
Strange, though I am saved from sin, I am not saved from sinning.
Each betrayal begins with trust.
May the Lord fill you with His blessings and with hatred of the Pope.
Drive them [Jews] like mad dogs from our land... let not one of them live.
People go through three conversions: The conversion of their head, their heart, and their pocketbook. Unfortunately, not all at the same time.
God does not love sinners because they are attractive; sinners are attractive to God because he loves them.
The more a person loves, the closer he approaches the image of God.
Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection, not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
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