We need not invite the Devil to our table; he is too ready to come without being asked. The air all about us is filled with demons...
As long as we live there is never enough singing.
An earthly kingdom cannot exist without inequality of persons. Some must be free, some serfs, some rulers, some subjects.
The Christian gospel is a two-way road. On the one hand, it seeks to change the souls of men, and thereby unite them with God; on the other hand, it seeks to change the environmental conditions of men so the soul will have a chance after it is changed.
This is the reason why our Theology is certain: because it seizes us from ourselves and places us outside ourselves.
At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely.
Scripture is the manger in which we find the Christ child.
One drop of Christ’s blood is worth more than heaven and earth.
If I should neglect prayer but a single day, I should lose a great deal of the fire of faith.
Whoever sees Christ as a mirror of the Father’s heart, actually walks through the world with new eyes.
So great are the effectiveness and power of the Word of God that the more it is persecuted the more it flourishes and grows.
Nothing is more beautiful in the eyes of God than a soul that loves to hear His Word.
When the Scripture speaks, God speaks.
God does not give grace freely in the sense that He will demand no satisfaction, but He gave Christ to be the satisfaction for us.
Reason should be destroyed in all Christians.
If anyone could have gained heaven as a monk, then I would indeed have been among them.
God is not hostile to sinners, but only to unbelievers.
We are beginning to regain a knowledge of Creation, a knowledge forfeited by the fall of Adam. By God’s mercy we can begin to recognize His Wonderful works and wonders also in flowers when we ponder his might and goodness. Therefore we laud, magnify and thank Him.
God’s love does not love that which is worthy of being loved, but it creates that which is worthy of being loved.
What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good...