Ariel Hobbs

“Though Jesus was in torture on the cross, He thought of praying for His persecutors, of caring for His mother, of securing the good thief's salvation.”
― Thomas Dubay, Seeking Spiritual Direction: How to Grow the Divine Life Within

“we then must ask: Who are the brothers and sisters? Are they the people in this block or rural area? Or are they everyone in this city . . . or this state . . . or this nation? Or in our global village, would our neighbors include the third and fourth worlds as well as the first and second? If one answers yes to this last question, how could he possibly get norms for poverty when there are such vast differences among the four worlds?”
― Thomas Dubay, Happy are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom

“Mediocre people often have a tinge of religion about them, but it is only a tinge. They take their religion as it comes. They may pray and worship more or less regularly, and they usually stay clear of publicly disgraceful crimes, but they are lukewarm, colorless. Seldom or never do they read a serious book about prayer or study to learn more about God and His plans, to discover how to be humble and chaste and patient. They are always too busy for the one thing necessary.”
― Thomas Dubay, Seeking Spiritual Direction: How to Grow the Divine Life Within

“The worldling will not face his colossal inner blah.”
― Thomas Dubay, Happy are You Poor: The Simple Life and Spiritual Freedom