The greatest kindness one can render to any man consists in leading him from error to truth. (Saint Thomas Aquinas, +1274)
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It must be observed in this regard that if there is no ultimate truth to guide and direct political activity, then ideas and convictions can easily be manipulated for reasons of power. As history demonstrates, a democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism. (Pope Saint John Paul II, Centesimus Annus, #46)
Truly, truly, I say to you, every one who commits sin is a slave to sin. The slave does not continue in the house for ever; the son continues for ever. So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. (John 8:34-36)
Gall pechod mawr ddyfod trwy ddrws bychan – A great sin can enter through a small door (Welsh proverb)
Christianity, whatever else it is, is an explosion. Unless it is sensational there is simply no sense in it. Unless the Gospel sounds like a gun going off it has not been uttered at all. (G.K. Chesterton)
The great reason for this transfiguration was to remove the scandal of the cross from the hearts of his disciples, and to prevent the humiliation of his voluntary suffering from disturbing the faith of those who had witnessed the surpassing glory that lay concealed. (Pope Saint Leo the Great, + 461)
Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the[…]
As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. (Pope Saint John Paul II)
Look down with maternal clemency, Most Blessed Virgin, upon all your children. Consider the anxiety of bishops who fear their flocks will be tormented by a terrible storm of evils. Heed the anguish of so many people, fathers and mothers of families who are uncertain about their future and beset by hardship and cares (Pope[…]
The truth is like a lion. You don’t have to defend it. Let it loose. It will defend itself (Saint Augustine, +430)