Fifth Sunday of Lent, Cycle B
To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
—Cardinal John Henry Newman
There is nothing permanent except change.
—Heraclitus
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To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.
—Cardinal John Henry Newman
There is nothing permanent except change.
—Heraclitus
This is how you pray continually—not by offering prayer in words, but by joining yourself to God through your whole way of life, so that your life becomes one continuous and uninterrupted prayer.
—Saint Basil the Great
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
—Martin Luther King, Jr.
One has not only a legal, but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
—Martin Luther King, Jr., "Letter from Birmingham Jail"
The Bible is very easy to understand—but we pretend to be unable to understand it, because we know very well that the minute we do, we are obligated to act accordingly.
—Søren Kierkegaard
Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.
—Michael Novak
The cross is the school of love.
—Saint Maximilian Kolbe
God had one son on Earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
—Saint Augustine of Hippo
This is the reason for our hope: that God never tires of waiting for us. When we turn away, he comes looking for us; when we fall, he lifts us to our feet; when we return to him after losing our way, he waits for us with open arms.
—Pope Francis
Every time I make a little leap, I catch a glimpse of the One who runs out to me and invites me into his joy, the joy in which I can find not only myself, but also my brothers and sisters.
―Henri J.M. Nouwen
One does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.
—Matthew 4:4b
He will provide the way and the means, such as you could never have imagined. Leave it all to him, let go of yourself, lose yourself on the cross, and you will find yourself entirely.
—Saint Catherine of Siena
As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.
—Maya Angelou
The Christian should be an alleluia from head to foot.
—Saint Augustine
Small is how blessings, healing, progress and increase occur.
—Anne Lamott, author
Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Saviour, Jesus Christ.
—Embolism, Roman Rite of the Mass, prior to 2011
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
—Helen Keller
Do not go in pursuit of [God] outside yourself. You will only become distracted and you won’t find him, or enjoy him more than by seeking him within you.
—Saint John of the Cross
Authority is a service, and as such should be exercised, for the good of all and for the dissemination of the gospel.
—Pope Francis
Who except God can give you peace? Has the world ever been able to satisfy the heart?
—Saint Gerard Majella
At last I have found my vocation: My vocation is love.
—Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
Sin is the wound. Repentance is the medicine.
—Saint John Chrysostom
The meaning of life has been lost in the wind
And some people thinkin' that the end is close by
'Stead of learnin' to live they are learnin' to die
—Bob Dylan
Healing begins with our taking our pain out of its diabolic isolation and seeing that whatever we suffer, we suffer it in communion with all of humanity.
—Henri Nouwen
Either sin is with you, lying on your shoulders, or it is lying on Christ, the Lamb of God.
—Martin Luther
It is no use saying: ”Speak, Lord, your servant wants to hear,” if we never risk the silence to listen.
—M. Basil Pennington
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