Wise Words on Wednesday: Of Men and Monsters
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters
– Victor Hugo
Category: Quotation
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The Human Individual
Being in the image of God the human individual possess the dignity of a person, who is not just something, but someone.
He is capable of self-knowledge, of self-possession and of freely giving himself and entering into communion with other persons.
And he is called by grace to a covenant with his Creator, to offer him a response of faith and love that no other creature can give in his stead.
– Catechism of the Catholic Church, Paragraph 357
Wise Words on Wednesday: Laughter and red wine
“Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine,
there’s always laughter and good red wine.
At least I’ve always found it so.
Benedicamus Domino!*” – Hilaire Belloc
* Latin for “Let us bless the Lord”. This phrase is sometimes used as the dismissal at the end of Mass instead of “Ite missa est”.
Late have I loved thee
Late have I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient, ever new, late have I loved you!
You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you.
In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created.
You were with me, but I was not with you.
Created things kept me from you; yet if they had not been in you they would have not been at all.
You called, you shouted, and you broke through my deafness.
You flashed, you shone, and you dispelled my blindness.
You breathed your fragrance on me; I drew in breath and now I pant for you.
I have tasted you, now I hunger and thirst for more.
You touched me, and I burned for your peace. – St. Augustine
Wise Words on Wednesdays: Love Your Enemies
(Thanks to Neil Obstat for this picture)
As long as we live
“As long as we live, we fight, and as long as we are fighting, that is a sign that we are not defeated and that the good Spirit dwells within us. And if death does not meet you as the victor, he should find you a warrior” – St. Augustine