Quotemeal for Thursday, July 15, 2004

"It is easier to renounce worldly possessions than it is to renounce the love of them."

— Walter Hilton

More Quotemeal

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

— C. S. Lewis —

"We must offer ourselves to God like a clean, smooth canvas and not worry ourselves about what God may choose to paint on it, but at each moment, feel only the....."

— Jean Pierre de Caussade —

"We must always speak of the efficacy of the ministry in such a manner that the entire praise of the work may be reserved for God alone."

— John Calvin —

"We all need love, but we need it most when we deserve it least — when we have sinned against someone, when we have made poor choices, when we have failed...."

— Barbara Rosberg —