Who pardons easily invites offense.
Pierre Corneille
Cinna, 4.1, 1639
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“Some people read books in order to discover God. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Note it, read it. God whom you want to discover, never wrote that book with ink, instead, he set before your eyes the things that he had made. Can you ask [...]
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It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.
St. Francis of Assisi
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Forgiving our enemies has the same refreshing effect upon our souls as it does to confess our sins.
Josh Billings
Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor
1874
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“The one who loves can never be poor. If you love unity, everyone who shares in this will possess something for you. Give up egoism and what I have is yours; give up rivalry, and what you have will be mine. Unhealthy rivalry divides; a healthy spirit unites… Have love, therefore, and [...]
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We forgive to the extent that we love.
La Rochefoucauld
Maxims, 330, 1665
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Hi friends,
Our Springtime issue of Voices From Prison presents a story of how God is acting in the lives of people in prison. It is often a case of despair to realize that so many of our citizens are in jail (1 in 100), especially our Black people. How can it be that we settle [...]
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“In the evening of life, we will all be judged on love.”
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“In the ineffable knowledge of God, many who appear to be outside are inside, and many who appear to be inside are outside.”
St. Augustine
De Baptismo 5,27,38
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“And I talked with you as friends talk.”
St. Augustine,
Confessions, Book 9,1
