The One Thing Is Three Quotes

“We can be amazed at man not only because he is a person, not only because he's made in the image of God, but also because, by the Incarnation, human nature itself has been raised to a divine dignity.”
― Michael Gaitley, The One Thing Is Three: How the Most Holy Trinity Explains Everything

“Before the fall, all these smaller rings were joined together and remained in harmony and communion. After the fall, they’re pulled apart: Reason becomes darkened such that it doesn’t clearly see the good; the will becomes fickle and weak, and the passions become wild, unpredictable, and difficult to control.”
― Michael Gaitley, The 'One Thing' Is ­Three: How the Most Holy Trinity Explains Everything

“Having grown up in such a rich Catholic culture as Poland, John Paul knew that the enrichment of faith usually comes through a convergence of various avenues, channels, and influences. We might understand this idea through a water analogy: A little country brook meandering through a meadow isn’t so impressive. But when a thousand little brooks converge and pour into a mighty river, well, then, we’re dealing with something substantial! Or, to use one of Newman’s own descriptions, an accumulation of influences are “like a bundle of sticks, each of which … you could snap in two, if taken separately from the rest,”112 but as a bundle, they’re virtually unbreakable.”
― Fr. Michael Gaitley, M.I.C., The 'One Thing' Is ­Three: How the Most Holy Trinity Explains Everything

“Being reveals itself in all its beauty, splendor, and mystery “to him who contemplates it reverently.” ... What's the most beautiful part of the world, the part that has the greatest dignity? It’s not really a part but a person – it’s every person. Personal being is the greatest wonder of the cosmos.”
― Michael Gaitley, The One Thing Is Three: How the Most Holy Trinity Explains Everything

“Yes, and this amazement should fill us when we approach every Sacrament. For Jesus himself is attentively hearing our sins, encouraging us, and pouring out his merciful forgiveness in the Sacrament of Penance. Jesus himself is washing us in the water flowing from his pierced side in Baptism. Jesus himself is joining husband and wife together as one flesh in the Sacrament of Marriage. Jesus himself is stretching out his loving hand to touch the infirm with his strength, healing, and consolation in the Anointing of the Sick. Jesus himself is breathing out the Holy Spirit in the Sacrament of Confirmation. Jesus himself is receiving the humanity of broken men and using them as his instruments of salvation in the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Wonder of wonders! Jesus remains truly with us, not just in our minds through his Word, not just in our souls through faith and grace, but also bodily present with us in his Sacraments, where he continues to bless, forgive, cleanse, unite, heal, strengthen, and make all things new.”
― Michael Gaitley, The 'One Thing' Is ­Three: How the Most Holy Trinity Explains Everything

“So, God wanted to prove his love for us, and we needed to see it. This point helps us to understand that God the Father is not some bloodthirsty deity whose anger is only satisfied by the blood of his Son. He didn’t need to see Christ’s death. We did: God does not accept anything in exchange or relent on account of something which Christ does. If Christ substitutes for sinful man in the experience of his passion, he does so only to enable men and women themselves to experience again the compassion of God. It is not that God then resumes being compassionate; rather, the human person is then free to accept God’s love. All in all, [salvation] changes us, not God.50”
― Michael Gaitley, The 'One Thing' Is ­Three: How the Most Holy Trinity Explains Everything