Wise Words on Wednesday: Experience of others
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
– Voltaire
Category: Quotation
Wise Words On Wednesday: The Future
“The future starts today, not tomorrow”
– Pope John Paul II
Wise Words on Wednesday: Homily
Homily means ‘dialogue’ – it should create a dialogue between the Gospel and a person’s life, so that we can insert our lives into the Gospel, and that includes being disturbed and challenged by the Gospel. If a homily doesn’t do this, it’s not a homily.
– Fr Gabriel OSB
Wise Words On Wednesday: Confession
“Confession heals, confession justifies, confession grants pardon of sin, all hope consists in confession; in confession there is a chance for mercy.”
– St. Isidore of Seville
Wise Words on Wednesday: Judges and Lawyers
Wise Words on Wednesday: Holding Treasures
What a remarkable illustration of self-inflicted poverty! It is possible to hold a treasure in your hand but be ignorant of it and go for the wrapping instead. This proximity to truth and distance from its worth is repeated innumerable times in our lives. In Chesterton’s words, we hold the dust and let the gold go free.
– Ravi Zacharias, Jesus among other Gods
Wise Words on Wednesday: Pope Francis on the Bible
