Envy, though not the greatest sin, is the only one that gives the sinner no pleasure at all, not even fake and temporary satisfaction.

Why would the apostles lie?....Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out of it? What they got out of it was misunderstanding, rejection, persecution, torture, and martyrdom. Hardly a list of perks!

In an age that has thrown off all tradition, the only rebellion possible is orthodoxy.

Protestants believe that the sacraments are like ladders that God gave to us by which we can climb up to Him. Catholics believe that they are like ladders that God gave to Himself by which He climbs down to us.

Indifference is the only road that never gets to God.

If God is not a Trinity, God is not love. For love requires three things: a lover, a beloved, and a relationship between them.

Our only qualitifcation for God's grace is our emptiness, not our fullness; our undeservingness, not our deservingness.