The study of Literature is not a mere study of words, but a study of the great thoughts of great persons crafted with eloquence.
“Either Baptism is an instrument of the Holy Ghost, or it has no place in Christianity.”
We are all, in our own measure, called to be champions in a fight of good and evil: the fight, the good, and the evil are real.
All of us are called to the heroism of every-day holiness.
David is a universal model for faithful perseverance in devotion and obedience to God.
Newman’s “definite service” to God and the Church has only just begun.
Rebuking sin is fruitless if we have not the “ripeness of Christian holiness.”
Trusting in God’s mercy includes embracing his goodness as well as his “severity” against sin.
The Church as a fulfillment of prophecy, in this life, is a mixed history; it is a dramatic story of God’s fidelity and man’s choice for or against that fidelity.
Our earthly bodies are the very locations of an immensely holy plan.
