Forgotten Truths To Set Faith Afire!

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) Exegesis means “drawing out” of the revealed text of Scripture the meaning intended by the Holy Spirit…Eisegesis is reading into the Biblical text what is not there.   Father John A. Hardon, S.J.

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons The Lord has given us the joys and pleasures of this world not only that we may enjoy them, but also that we might have an opportunity of making a sacrifice, by depriving ourselves of them for love of God. Father Vincent Carafa, S.J.

(Image source: Wikimedia Commons ) At its root, modernism is basing one's faith on one's own inner mind and feelings rather than conforming the mind to God and his objective truth. Father John A. Hardon, S.J. 

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons) … the happiness of the person whose will is entirely submitted to God's is constant, unchangeable and endless.   No fear comes to disturb it for no accident can destroy it. ( St. Claude de la Colombiere, S.J.)

We believe God became man not only to die on the Cross, but also to be with us, near us, next to us; and when we receive Him in Holy Communion, within us.   (From With Us Today by Father John A. Hardon, S.J.)

(Image Source: Wikimedia Commons ) “ Faith is like a dark tunnel: God gives us the Light to take one step at a time. The Light is not given to see the end of the tunnel.”   ( Venerable Father Walter Ciszek, S.J ).

" It is one of the most firmly established and most consoling of the truths that have been revealed to us that [apart from sin] nothing happens to us in life, unless God wills it so." (St. Claude de la Colombiere, S.J. – Trustful Surrender To Divine Providence ) [Want to be inspired and challenged in your Faith? Get a copy of Forgotten Truths to Set Faith Afire! Words to Challenge, Inspire and Instruct ]