“Every man is become a fool for knowledge, every artist is confounded in his graven idol: for what he hath cast is false, and there is no spirit in them.”
– Jeremias 10:14
“I say to you, that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.”
– Luke 19:40
“Look at those other impious men who work with all their strength to destroy our holy religion by their writings, a Voltaire, a Jean Jacques Rousseau, a Diderot, an Ingersoll, a Darwin, and so many others, who only lived to disseminate by their writings what the devil had instilled in them. Alas! They have worked a great deal of misery, they have ruined countless souls and cast them into hell; but they could not destroy religion, as they believed—they were dashed to pieces on that rock.”
– St. Jean Marie Vianney, Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent
“But sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts, being ready always to satisfy every one that asketh you a reason of that hope which is in you.” – 1 Peter 3:15
“You have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy right cheek, turn to him also the other: And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.” – Matthew 5:38-40
“Never was a man more a victim of self-deception.” – Msgr. Leo Schumacher
Ah! would to God that I could stand on a high mountain, surrounded by all the sinners in the world ! I would cry aloud, at the top of my voice: “Pray, pray, pray! you will not die in your sins; you will be forgiven; you will be saved, if you only pray!”
If we have followed the Prodigal Son in his sins, let us follow him now in his repentance. The Prodigal Son made up his mind to return to his father, no matter what it would cost. He was sorry for what he had done, and was determined to make reparation to the best of his power. No evil companion, no suggestion of the devil, could prevail upon him to stay any longer in a strange country — in a state of mortal sin. He was determined to make his confession to his father and obtain forgiveness.