Towards Yesterday Quotes

“a priest without faith is unworthy to lead.”
― Paul Antony Jones, Towards Yesterday

“Armageddon is upon us, Stephen, and it is time for us all to choose a side.”
― Paul Antony Jones, Towards Yesterday

“Do I dare disturb the universe? —T. S. Eliot”
― Paul Antony Jones, Toward Yesterday

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― Paul Antony Jones, Toward Yesterday

“There is a modern parable I am particularly fond of that illustrates my point: A man is caught in a flood and as the water begins to rise, he climbs up onto the roof of his house and awaits rescue. As the hours pass and the water rises, no help comes, so he begins to pray: Dear Lord, in your divine mercy please save me from the rising floodwater. Suddenly a helicopter appears and lowers a rope down to the stranded man—'take the rope' says the pilot. 'No thanks' replies the stranded man, 'I'm waiting for God to rescue me.' Three more times the pilot of the helicopter tries to convince the stranded man to climb up the rope and three more times he is refused: 'I'm waiting for God.' All the while, the water is rising and rising, until finally, the house is swept away, the man with it. His last words being 'God, why have you forsaken me?' So you see, when God announces his presence he always makes it obvious to humanity. How much more obvious than the events of the last few years does he need to make it before you will believe?”
― Paul Antony Jones, Towards Yesterday

“…you see, the Catholic Church is faulty. It is so entrenched in the doctrine of 'faith above all else' that should God himself come to us, and tell us that a certain belief or practice the Church had mandated was incorrect, he would be unable to persuade those who govern the faithful of his veracity. If he sat across from you in this very chair and said 'I am the one and only true God', the average Catholic would reply 'Get thee behind me Satan'. Everyone seems so very sure God has no desire to talk directly to them. The very tenet binding us to the Church, denies us true contact and understanding of God. People had forgotten, myself included, that God speaks through the Church, and that the Church is not God—that is a distinction which must be remembered at all cost.”
― Paul Antony Jones, Towards Yesterday