"We are travellers…not yet in our native land" – St. Augustine
The incongruity between what we claim to believe and the lives we live says everything the world needs to know. Any honest outsider can tell that we can’t possibly believe what we say we believe. Not only is our religion a fraud, but so are we Christians. At least, that’s what our actions often communicate to the world
– Messy & Foolish, Matthew Warner
Do my actions honour or forsake my words?
– Mark Hall, Lifestories
Poemen also said, “Teach your heart to follow what your tongue is saying to others.”
He also said, “Men try to appear excellent in preaching but they are less excellent in practising what they preach.”
– De vitis Patrum, Sive Verba Seniorum, Liber V
For more thoughts on this, please see my post The Excuses We Make.
Also go check out Brandon Vogt’s Catholic Speakers List…