Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic Quotes

“Father Norris Clarke, S.J., my philosophy professor at Fordham, went to Tibet once, on his own, just to converse with the Buddhist monks there. After a day of delightful conversation with the Buddhist abbot about their religions, the abbot said, “Obviously, our two religions are very different. But I think they are also very similar in their root in the depths of the human heart. I would like to test this idea, with your permission. Here are four of my priests who speak good English. I will ask you and them the same question and compare your answers. I have never asked them this question before. The question is this: What is the first requirement for any religion at all?” Father Clarke thought that was an excellent experiment, so he agreed. He and the four monks wrote their answers on five pieces of paper. When the papers were unfolded and read, the very same single word was found on all five of them. The word was gratitude.”
― Peter Kreeft, Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic

“So, faith and an open heart are not enough, as hunger and an open mouth are not enough to be the solution to starvation; food is. Christ is our food; our faith is only our hunger and our open mouth.”
― Peter Kreeft, Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic

“Hypocrisy, it is said, is “the tribute that vice pays to virtue.”
― Peter Kreeft, Forty Reasons I Am a Catholic