Streams of Mercy: Thought for the Day... Shocking!

Friday, July 01, 2005

Thought for the Day... Shocking!

“Let us look at our own shortcomings and leave other people’s alone, for those who live carefully ordered lives are apt to be shocked at everything, and we might well learn very important lessons from the persons who shock us.” Teresa of Avila

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Favorite Quotes

"The greatest grace God can give anyone is to send a trial which cannot be born with one's own powers - and then sustain that person with His own grace so he may endure to the end and know the true source of salvation." (St. Justin Martyr)
"Unless you believe, you will not understand." St. Augustine (354-430), De Libero Arbitri
"Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted, but in wanting what you have, which once you have it you may be smart enough to discover it is what you would have wanted all along, had you only known." (Garrison Keiller, "Lake Woebegon Days")
"There's a tendency among some Christians to assume they are always right because the Lord is on their side. The problem is, this type of thinking makes the Christian only one step removed from being God Himself. As a consequence, it's pretty easy for such a person to accept even his most base emotions, opinions, or reactions as nearly divine and, therefore, correct." (Eric Scheske, "God on the Sleeve")