Streams of Mercy: Great Quote of the Week

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Great Quote of the Week

"We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe, by telling them how wrong they are and how right we are, but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it."

- Madeleine L'Engle

Via Sarah at Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering

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")