The believer caught between the flesh and Spirit is also caught between death and life. That is what happens when God intervenes in a human life. That intervention does not necessarily bring tranquility. In fact, it is more likely to bring tension an...
God lives in my soul, and I must spend my life scrubbing my soul clean of any trace of sin so that it derserves to host his presence. Repentance is a daily chore; at each morning prayer session we repent in advance for the sins we will commit that da...
There is only one sin, only one, and that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right of a husband, you rob his children of a father. When you lie you steal someone's right to t...
Associated with this inner conflict is a tendency to become hypercritical: unhappy souls almost always blame everyone but themselves for their miseries. Shut up within themselves, they are necessarily shut off from all others except to criticize them...
The very first evidence of awakening grace is dissatisfaction with one's self and self-effort and a longing for deliverance from chains of sin that have bound the soul. To own frankly that I am lost and guilty is the prelude to life and peace. It is ...
Since it is likely that, being men, they would sin every day, St. Paul consoles his hearers by saying ‘renew yourselves’ from day to day. This is what we do with houses: we keep constantly repairing them as they wear old. You should do the same t...
Surely Tillie knew glitter on wrinkled cleavage was a sin.
El amor posee una fuerza sin límites que se llama la imaginación.
La amaba lo suficiente para saber que ella estaría mejor sin él.
Redemption is for the weak. The strong keep sinning
We worship the same God and we carry the same sins.
...It is far more sinful to pray irregularly than not to pray at all.
Pero ¿de verdad vivimos? Vivir sin saber qué es la vida, ¿será vivir?.
...such loss of faith is ever one of the saddest results of sin.
Greed:Your own lies make you sick.
Social networks do best when they tap into one of the seven deadly sins. Facebook is ego. Zynga is sloth. LinkedIn is greed.
The holocaust against the unborn is the greatest sin they could ever do or even ever participate in.
The more you free your heart from sin, the more your heart is free to serve.
Se fue volviendo cada vez más introvertido. Le gustaba vagar solo y sin rumbo...
I wonder if it's a special sin to lie to a nun
I hate fallen angels. They can talk about nothing but their fall and sins.
