"In giving us His son, His only Word, He spoke everything to us at once in this sole Word - and He has no more to say ... because what He spoke before to the prophets in parts, He has now spoken all at once by giving us the All Who is His Son."
+St. John of the Cross
"More than this we need not add; let the last word be, He is all in all!"
Sirach 43:28

Saturday, September 7, 2013

PRAY FOR PEACE!

"If my people, upon whom my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and heal their land."
2 Chronicles 7:14


"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God."
Matthew 5:9

"Christians, instead of arming themselves with swords, extend their hands in prayer."
+St. Athanasius


"Put your sword back into its sheath, for all who take the sword will perish by the sword."
Matthew 26:52


"The God of Peace is never glorified by human violence."
~Thomas Merton


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