Quotemeal: Aug. 20th, 2023

Sunday, August 20, 2023

"Purity of heart and simplicity are of great force with Almighty God, who is in purity most singular, and of nature most simple."
— St. Gregory the Great

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"Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; therefore we must be saved by faith."
— Reinhold Niebuhr —
"The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter."
— John of the Cross —
"Whoever strives to withdraw from obedience, withdraws from grace."
— Thomas à Kempis —
"It is not the objective proof of God's existence that we want but the experience of God's presence. That is the miracle we are really after, and that is also,...."
— Frederick Buechner —

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Illustration of St. Gregory the Great — "Purity of heart and simplicity are of great force with Almighty God, who is in purity most singular, and of nature most simple."

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'Living Water' (Jn. 7:37-39)
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