Praying with Saint Paul Quotes

“No matter how much we kick and scream in front of destiny, God knew this predicament ahead of time, so he didn’t leave the knowledge of himself or our destiny to any guessing; rather, he chose a method – incarnation – that can be historically passed on by witnesses, and guaranteed his Spirit to protect this from distortion. Simple statements; simple witnesses; a man risen from the dead, seen by his friends, passed on unambiguously through two thousand years of history so that we can be sure of our own destinies. This is Christianity.”
― Peter John Cameron, Praying with Saint Paul: Daily Reflections on the Letters of Saint Paul

“Whenever we start to rationalize sinful practices, we can expect to find ourselves redefining God.”
― Magnificat, Praying with Saint Paul: Daily Reflections on the Letters of Saint Paul

“It is remarkable to ponder that the world is saved by a first-century Jewish man, one moreover who was crucified.”
― Magnificat, Praying with Saint Paul: Daily Reflections on the Letters of Saint Paul

“The seventeenth-century Jesuit Scripture scholar Father Cornelius a Lapide († 1637) observes that the Church annually celebrates the conversion of Saint Paul on January 25 in order to propose the apostle as an example of penitence to all sinners, and to invoke Paul the convert, that “from heaven he may convert sinners, for still, although transported into heaven, he converts very many by his example, his prayers, and his epistles.”
― Magnificat, Praying with Saint Paul: Daily Reflections on the Letters of Saint Paul

“This hallmark of Paul’s thought bears witness to the first of the two great commandments of Christ, that we should love the Lord with all our hearts, with all our souls, with all our minds, and with all our strength (see Mk 12: 29-30). There has been an unfortunate tendency in recent times to emphasize the second great commandment, the love of neighbor (see Mk 12: 31), to the point of virtually excluding the first. Paul’s life and words attest that genuine love of neighbor draws its inspiration from the depth of our love for God.”
― Magnificat, Praying with Saint Paul: Daily Reflections on the Letters of Saint Paul