In the sacraments, spirit and matter "kiss." Heaven and earth embrace in a union that will never end.
Christopher WestIn Christ, man who made himself God encounters God who made himself man. Unrivaled self-importance and pride encounters unrivaled self-emptying and humility.
Christopher WestIf we want to know what's most sacred in this world, all we need to do is look for what is most violently profaned.
Christopher WestThe idea that 'preaching the Gospel' has nothing to do with sex and that 'preaching about sex' has nothing to do with the Gospel betrays layers and layers of seriously misguided thinking. When we divorce God's love from sexual love, as Pope Benedict says, 'the essence of Christianity' becomes 'decisively cut off from the complex fabric of human life.'
Christopher West