Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) An increase in Faith comes from the exercise of the Faith we have already received.   It is like the development of a muscle.   It requires us to increase our dedication to the Word of God; our perseverance in prayer and meditation; and the exercise of our faith to penetrate the mysteries before us…Faith takes risks – it recognizes that with God all things are possible…Faith grows as we find ourselves more deeply united with the Lord and wanting to imitate His words and actions.    ( Father George P. Schommer, O.P., one of 1200 challenging quotations you will find in Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire! - Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct ).

                         (Photo Print of Francis Hook)     Many people truly believe that Christianity represents a tedious, feeble and dull existence.   How wonderful it would be if they saw in us the joy of the Gospel! The Word Among Us – June 9, 1998       [Just one of the 1200 inspiring and faith building quotations you will find in F orgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire! - Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct! ]

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons )     It is urgent to rediscover and to set forth once more the authentic reality of the Christian faith, which is not simply a set of propositions to be accepted with intellectual assent.   Rather, faith is a lived knowledge of Christ, a living remembrance of His commandments, and a truth to be lived out.  St. John Paul II (Pope)

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) It is easy to be consistent for a day or two.  It is difficult and important to be consistent for one's whole life.  It is easy to be consistent in the hour of enthusiasm; it is difficult to be so in the hour of tribulation.  And only a consistency that lasts throughout the whole of life can be called faithfulness.  Saint John Paul II

In a culture that bombards us with words, we needed a saint like Joseph to remind us that when it comes to our faith, what we do is far more important than what we say.  Living Faith – March 20, 2000

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) To teach, in order to lead others to the Faith, is the task of every creature, and of each believer.  St. Dominic   [This is just one of the 1200 challenging and inspiring quotations you will find in Forgotten T ruths To Set Faith Afire ! Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct! ]