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I always have the feeling we are merely fearfully trying to save room for God; I would rather speak of God at the center than at the limits, in streng...more

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Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the...more

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After death something new begins, over which all powers of the world of death have no more might.

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Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.

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Jesus says to anyone who uses their faith or lack of faith to excuse their acts of disobedience to his call: First obey, do the external works, let go...more

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The figure of the crucified invalidates all thought which takes success for its standard.

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Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly finished planting the shoot. But all ...more

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The desire we so often hear expressed today for “episcopal figures,” “priestly men,” “authoritative personalities” springs frequently enough from a sp...more

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There is a kind of listening with half an ear that presumes already to know what the other person has to say. It is an impatient, inattentive listenin...more

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Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of the church

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It is a wicked sophistry to justify the worldliness of the Church by the cross of Christ.

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The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon the attachments of this world....more

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If there is no element of asceticism in our lives, if we give free rein to the desires of the flesh (taking care of course to keep within the limits o...more

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[God says] Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own c...more

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Whenever Christ calls us, his call leads us to death.