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“This is the foundation of all sin: the lie that God is untrustworthy, the lie that God is not altogether loving and that he doesn't have our best interests in mind.”
― Gregory A. Boyd, Is God to Blame?: Beyond Pat Answers to the Problem of Suffering

“Every state of life, every decision, includes some pain that must be accepted if you are to enter fully into those decisions, and into new life. “All symphonies remain unfinished,” said Karl Rahner. There is no perfect decision, perfect outcome, or perfect life. Embracing imperfection helps us relax into reality. When we accept that all choices are conditional, limited, and imperfect, our lives become, paradoxically, more satisfying, joyful, and peaceful.”
― James Martin, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

“Without the Jesuits you wouldn’t be enjoying your gin and tonic.”
― James Martin, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life

“This is the greatest challenge of faith, says Polish, “to live with a God we cannot fully understand, whose actions we explain at our own peril.”
― James Martin, The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life