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This was a struggle I’d had since the moment I came to faith: the temptation to act like I was still an atheist, even though, intellectually, I was a believer. Moving my faith down from my head to my heart, and into my moment-to-moment
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Tbh this applies to cradle Catholics as much as converts. I call myself a Catholic and yet, I quite often behave as though I didn't believe in God at all. It's the moment-to-moment living of the presence of God that counts.
“There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
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“Always be comic in a tragedy. What the deuce else can you do?”
― The Man Who Was Thursday
― The Man Who Was Thursday
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.”
― Diggers
― Diggers
“Where did you go to, if I may ask?' said Thorin to Gandalf as they rode along.
To look ahead,' said he.
And what brought you back in the nick of time?'
Looking behind,' said he.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
To look ahead,' said he.
And what brought you back in the nick of time?'
Looking behind,' said he.”
― The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
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