Quotes of: Catholic-faith Keyword

the best existential analysis of the human condition leads directly into the problems of God and faith

The Denial of Death

I wouldn't burden any decent system of faith by participating in it... I'm not agnostic. Just nonpartisan. Theological Switzerland, that's me.

Death Masks

The body is not a task to be completed but a gift we receive from God himself.

Earthen Vessels: Why Our Bodies Matter To Our Faith

It seems to me that my lack of faith is not, as I once thought, a triumph of the rational mind, but rather a failure of the imagination - an inability to tolerate mistery.

Everything You Know

Skeptics would rather, even at their own expense, appear to be right than take the risk of trusting.

Faith and Doubt

Freedom requires effort if it is to be won and vigilance if it is to be maintained. People just don't value freedom until it is taken away.

Faith of the Fallen

Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK.

Faithful Place

...you called me poet-priest - I am. ...devoted to my art, faithful to you...or, is the other way around?...

A Familiar Rain

When reason has followed its road to the end, the point of crisis is reached and man is brought to the great question mark over his own existence.

Faith and Understanding

The God who made all things and has all power, loves us and hears our prayers.

Faith, Courage, and Victory

Faith can be very very dangerous, and deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong.

The God Delusion

I prefer for 'my world' to have the highest certification of being a faithful representation of the exterior world.

Galloping with Light - Einstein, Relativity, and Folklore

It is hard to remember that you are a cherished spiritual being when you're burping up apple fritters and Cheetos.

Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

...It really IS easier to experience spiritual connection when your life is in the process of coming apart.

Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith

And I understood that I ought not ask for a prayer language until I could ask without making it the test of my entire faith.

Girl Meets God

Faith may want answers, but somehow it is able to survive without them.

The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules

Love and respect all people. Hate and destroy all faith.

God, No!: Signs You May Already Be an Atheist and Other Magical Tales

Faith is a process in action. It cannot exist without work.

How to Trust God When All Other Resources Have Failed

Honey, nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith in the rest.

Hard and Fast

I'm beginning to perceive motherhood as a long, slow letting go, of which birth is just the first step.

Having Faith

Pursue not the outer entanglements; Dwell not in the inner void; Be serene in the oneness of things; And dualism vanishes by itself.

Hsin-Hsin Ming: Verses on the Faith-Mind