Faith

"O Diabo, invejoso, fez o homem confundir fé com religião e amor com casamento."

"Failure is just another way to learn how to do something right."

"Faith, hope and charity go together. Hope is practised through the virtue of patience, which continues to do good even in the face of apparent failure, and through the virtue of humility, which accepts God's mystery and trusts him even at times of darkness. Faith tells us that God has given his Son for our sakes and gives us the victorious certainty that it is really true: God is love! It thus transforms our impatience and our doubts into the sure hope that God holds the world in his hands and that, as the dramatic imagery of the end of the Book of Revelation points out, in spite of all darkness he ultimately triumphs in glory. Faith, which sees the love of God revealed in the pierced heart of Jesus on the Cross, gives rise to love. Love is the light—and in the end, the only light—that can always illuminate a world grown dim and give us the courage needed to keep living and working. Love is possible, and we are able to practise it because we are created in the image of God. To experience love and in this way to cause the light of God to enter into the world—this is the invitation I would like to extend with the present Encyclical."

"The greatest joys in life are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in our quiet hopes and labors for others."

"Grace will follow us even when we are going the wrong way"

"with man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26")."

"I’ve learned that no matter how inspired, fired up and motivated you might be, the dark clouds will always set in"

"The nature of the enemy's warfare in your life is to cause you to become discouraged and to cast away your confidence. Not that you would necessarily discard your salvation, but you could give up your hope of God's deliverance. The enemy wants to numb you into a coping kind of Christianity that has given up hope of seeing God's resurrection power."

"Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them."

"I plead with you--never, ever give up on hope, never doubt, never tire, and never become discouraged. Be not afraid."

"Instead of being encouraged to feel completely protected, loved, honored, and respected by the Divine Force, you've been taught that you're being judged. Because you've been taught that, you feel guilt and fear. But guilt and fear do not open you connection to the Divine; they only serve to close your heart. The reality is that God's way is love, and you can see this for yourself."

"And when all your faith is gone let it be me, if it's a friend you need let it be me"

"Love without hope will not survive. Love without faith changes nothing. Love gives power to hope and faith."

"Aura, I'm really patient, but I'm not a bloody saint."

"There had to be dark and muddy waters so that the sun could have something to background it's flashing glory."

"Fear is the glue that keeps you stuck. Faith is the solvent that sets you free."

"Faith is the very first thing you should pack in a hope chest."

"Sometimes it's easy to lose faith in people. And sometimes one act of kindness is all it takes to give you hope again."

"The chief beauty about timeis that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you,as perfect, as unspoiled,as if you had never wasted or misapplieda single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hourif you choose."

"You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope."