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To always be close to Jesus, that’s my life plan.
Carlo Acutis1991–2006Short Biography
I almost shudder at the thought of alluding to the most fatal example of the abuses of grief which the history of mankind has preserved — the Cross.
John Adams1735–1826Letter to Thomas Jefferson (3 September 1816)
- Anti-Religion
Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible, it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.
W. H. Auden1907–1973A Certain World: A Commonplace Book (1970), “Friday, Good”
- Poetry
Always think of yourself as everyone’s servant; look for Christ Our Lord in everyone and you will then have respect and reverence for them all.
Teresa of Ávila1515–1582Maxims for Her Nuns (1963), Maxim 25, p. 257
Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty — necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels.
James Baldwin1924–1987“Letter from a Region of My Mind”
- Anti-Religion
The Bible is like a telescope. If a man looks through his telescope, then he sees worlds beyond; but, if he looks at his telescope, then he does not see anything but that.
Henry Ward Beecher1813–1887Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit (1887)
Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,
Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
The Bible (King James Version)The Gospel of Matthew (1611), Matthew 2:1–2 (KJV)In context
- Christmas
Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
The Bible (King James Version)The Gospel of Luke (1611), Luke 2:10–11 (KJV)In context
- Christmas
Why seek ye the living among the dead?
The Bible (King James Version)The Gospel of Luke (1611), Luke 24:5 (KJV)In context
- Life & Death
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
The Bible (King James Version)1 Corinthians 13:1 (KJV)In context
- Love
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
The Bible (King James Version)1 Corinthians 13:4–7 (KJV)In context
- Love
The vision of Christ that thou dost see
Is my vision’s greatest enemy.
William Blake1757–1827The Everlasting Gospel (c. 1818)
Jesus’ commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945Discipleship (1937), Preface, tr. Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss (2001)
- Life & Death
The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 141
- Good & Evil
- Politics
When holy scripture speaks of following Jesus, it proclaims that people are free from all human rules, from everything which presumes, burdens, or causes worry and torment of conscience.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer1906–1945Discipleship (1937), Preface, tr. Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss (2001)
- Freedom