One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers in which idle people indulge themselves. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
Faith then is not a conclusion from premises, but the result of an act of the will, following upon a conviction that to believe is a duty. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
One secret act of self-denial, one sacrifice of inclination to duty, is worth all the mere good thoughts, warm feelings, passionate prayers in which idle people indulge themselves. — St. John Henry Cardinal Newman
People say that the doctrine of transubstantiation is difficult to believe; I did not believe the doctrine until I was Catholic. I had no difficulty in believing it as soon as I believed that the Catholic Church was the oracle of God, and…
O happy soul, who hast loved neither the world nor the things of the world apart from God! Happy soul, who, amid the world’s toil, hast chosen the one thing needful, that better part which can never be taken away! — St. John Henry Cardinal…