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“Todays the day gonna grab my trombone and blow" Thunder on the Mountain”
― Bob Dylan

“I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”
― Rick Moody

“I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place.”
― Anne Tyler

“Tears in the night but joy comes in the morning” (Psalm 30:5).”
― Matt and Cameron Fradd, Restored: True Stories of Love and Trust after Porn

“At a certain point a totally new garment has to be produced, not only because something more beautiful is required, but also out of regard for the integrity of the aged and venerable tunic.”
― Erasmo Leiva, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1

“In the beginning (ἄϱχή) was the Word” (Jn 1:1) is not primarily a temporal statement. The”
― Erasmo Leiva, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1

“an NHLBI expert panel reviewed all the heart disease data on women and found that total mortality was actually higher for women with low cholesterol than it was for women with high cholesterol, regardless of age. These”
― Nina Teicholz, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

“We must value each man because he is man, whether he be ignorant, or uneducated, or insignificant. And we will not be able to do that unless our conception of what man is makes him the object of our esteem.”
― Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God – Volume 4 Part 1: Ordinary Time Weeks 13 - 18

“Most women didn’t know—and still don’t know—that a low-fat diet may possibly increase their risk for heart disease.”
― Nina Teicholz, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

“In the image of Christ, man becomes fully the child of God when he allows God to fill his mouth with praise. Earthly”
― Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1

“COMING TO JESUS is the condition for finding relief. All we need to do is choose to enter the sphere of his presence, and the unnatural pressures borne down upon us by both the world and ourselves begin to dissipate. To”
― Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1

“When Jesus says, “Take my yoke upon you”, he is in fact saying, ‘Come and become my spouse.’ This”
― Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew, Vol. 1

“Mary, harbour of the shipwrecked, consolation of the world, ransom of captives, joy of the sick,[385]”
― Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God – Volume 4 Part 2: Ordinary Time Weeks 19-23

“We might note Saint Ignatius’ ideal that only God knows what he would accomplish in souls were he not hindered in the process.”
― Donald Haggerty

“The soul’s desire is fulfilled by the very fact of its remaining unsatisfied, for really to see God is never to have had one’s fill of desiring him.” —Saint Gregory of Nyssa”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“If we desire deeper prayer, should we not also learn to pass through the crowds in secret, unnoticed by others, drawing no attention?”
― Donald Haggerty

“While God is the ultimate truth to be sought, it is difficult to experience a need for him while keeping steady companionship with a computer. By”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“The truth of God as still unknown cuts like the blade of a knife the sinews of the mind.”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“Catholic doctrinal truth and sound spirituality are companions. They”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“Is he a Catholic?” “He is now,” Ben said somberly.”
― Stephen King, 'Salem's Lot

“If we find ourselves in a malaise with God we do well to seek the company of a tabernacle. Those”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“Ordinarily, God is asking not for a heroism that will be admired by others, but for the self-effacement of an unnotable fidelity, a perseverance that draws no eyes. He”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear.” —Josef Pieper”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“The voice of Jesus that speaks in the gospel pages is the same voice that hides in the language of divine silence. But if we do not hear the one, we are unlikely to hear the other.”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“There are no mirrors in heaven—nor, for that matter, in the possession of those who love God with intensity in this life.”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“These researchers concluded that obesity was a disorder of metabolism in which the fat tissue starts hoarding fat, impeding the way it is normally released and used for energy.”
― Nina Teicholz, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

“A person would lose weight, theoretically, not because they necessarily ate less but because the absence of insulin was allowing the fat cells to release the fat and the muscle cells to burn it.”
― Nina Teicholz, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

“LDL is a historical leftover.”
― Nina Teicholz, The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet

“it boils down to two things: Love God with your whole heart and spirit, and then love the person who is before you at any given moment. The”
― Elizabeth Scalia, Little Sins Mean a Lot: Kicking Our Bad Habits Before They Kick Us

“God has promised forgiveness to your repentance, but He has not promised tomorrow to your procrastination. — St. Augustine”
― Elizabeth Scalia, Little Sins Mean a Lot: Kicking Our Bad Habits Before They Kick Us