Rerouting Quotes

“Pope Benedict XVI, in a letter on hope, wrote: To continue living for ever—endlessly—appears more like a curse than a gift. Death, admittedly, one would wish to postpone for as long as possible. But to live always, without end—this, all things considered, can only be monotonous and ultimately unbearable. This is precisely the point made, for example, by Saint Ambrose, one of the Church Fathers, in the funeral discourse for his deceased brother Satyrus: “Death was not part of nature; it became part of nature. God did not decree death from the beginning; he prescribed it as a remedy. Human life, because of sin, … began to experience the burden of wretchedness in unremitting labor and unbearable sorrow. There had to be a limit to its evils; death had to restore what life had forfeited. Without the assistance of grace, immortality is more of a burden than a blessing.” (Spe Salvi, 10, quoting De excessu fratris sui Satyri, II, 47)”
― John Riccardo, Rerouting: Finding Our Way Back to God and His Church

“find myself asking Jesus over and over again, “Teach me, Lord, how to be a man. Teach me how to work, how to play, how to rest, how to eat, how to pray, how to enjoy friendship. Help me be ever more human.”
― John Riccardo, Rerouting: Finding Our Way Back to God and His Church