A God who did not abolish suffering-worse , a God who abolished sin precisely by suffering-is a scandal to the modern mind.
Peter KreeftIf you want to get wet, go out to where it is raining; If you want to be a saint, find one and hang out with him.
Peter KreeftLike apes, we breed, sleep, and die. Yet like God we say, "I am." We are ontological oxymorons.
Peter KreeftListening to other people's needs is listening to God. Noticing simple, natural beauty, hearing music, even confronting the challenge of pain and problems - that can all be listening to God too.
Peter KreeftThe Church is God's Bride. All the saints and mystics say the ultimate purpose of human life, the highest end for which we were made, is the Spiritual Marriage. This is not socially relative; it is eternal. And in it, the soul is spiritually impregnated by God, not vice versa. That is the ultimate reason why God must always be he to us, never she. Religion is essentially heterosexual and therefore fruitful.
Peter Kreeft