Life

Back to archives

  Word of God  
 
I am with you always.
Jesus; Matthew 28:20
 


We must be able to radiate joy,
to radiate the joy of Christ;
because that is a sign that he is always with us.

 
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Teach us to number our days aright
that we may gain wisdom of heart.
Psalm 90:12
 


A Christian is not his own master,
since all his time belongs to God.

 
St. Ignatius of Antioch, 1st century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
It is your face,
Lord, that I seek.
Psalm 27:2
 


Life is only for love,
and time is only that we may find God.

 
St. Bernard of Clairvaux, 12th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Whoever loves his life loses it,
and whoever hates his life in this world
will preserve it for eternal life.
Jesus; John 12:25
 


Only in abandoning ourselves,
only in the disinterested gift of the ‘I’ in favor of the ‘Thou’,
only in the ‘Yes’ to the greater life, precisely the life of God,
our life too, becomes full and more spacious.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

 
 
  Word of God  
 
Choose life.
Deuteronomy 30:19
 


God has put all his love into creating that human life.
That is why we have no right to destroy it;
especially we who understand that Christ has died for
and has given everything for the child.

 
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
To be in Christ
means to be a completely new creature.
2 Corinthians 5:17
 


Christ suffered death in the flesh
in order to grant men life.

 
St. Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th century

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I am the resurrection and the life.
Those who believe in me,
even though they die,
will live.
Jesus; John 11:25
 


Only a relationship with the One who is himself Life
can preserve my life beyond the floodwaters of death,
can bring me through them alive.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

 
 
  Word of God  
 
I have set before you life and death,
blessing and curse;
therefore choose life.
Deuteronomy 30:19
 


The common outcry which is justly made in behalf of human rights,
for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture,
is false and illusory, if the right to life is not defended
with maximum determination.

 
Pope John Paul II, 20th century

 

<< Back  1  2  3  4  5