The Noblest Power of Man

The noblest power of man is reason. The highest goal of reason is the knowledge of God. - St Albert the Great

(ca. 1200-1280, Dominican priest, scientist, and Scholar, Doctor of Church, and one of the greatest theologians of the Church)

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Our Capacity to Know the Truth

Man's unique grandeur is ultimately based on his capacity to know the truth. And human beings desire to know the truth. Yet truth can only be attain in freedom. This is the case with all truth, as is clear from the history of science; but it is eminently the case those truths in which man as such, is at stake, the truths of the spirit, the truths about good and evil, about the great goals and horizons of life, about our relationship with God. these truths cannot be attained without profound consequences for the way we live our lives.
- POPE BENEDICT XVI (January 9, 2006)

So it happens that men is such matters easily persuade themselves that what they would not like to be true is false or at least doubtful.

- POPE PIUS XII Encyclical (Humani generis)

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Religion

We can understand religion generally to mean a relationship to what is divine. A religious person acknowledges something divine as the power that created him and the world, on which he is dependent and to which he is ordered. He wants to please and honor the Divinity by his way of life.

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While I'm Waiting - by: John Waller

I Love this song.. from the movie Fireproof  

Play the Video to Listen

I'm waiting

I'm waiting on You, Lord

And I am hopeful

I'm waiting on You, Lord

Though it is painful

But patiently, I will wait

I will move ahead, bold and confident

Takeing every step in obedience

While I'm waiting

I will serve You

While I'm waiting

I will worship

While I'm waiting

I will not faint

I'll be running the race

Even while I wait

I'm waiting

I'm waiting on You, Lord

And I am peaceful

I'm waiting on You, Lord

Though it's not easy

But faithfully, I will wait

Yes, I will wait

I will serve You while I'm waiting

I will worship while I'm waiting

I will serve You while I'm waiting

I will worship while I'm waiting

I will serve you while I'm waiting

I will worship while I'm waiting on You, Lord

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Longing For God

God has placed in our hearts a longing to seek and find him.

St. Augustine says.

You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.

We call it longing for God ---> RELIGION

It is natural for man to seek God. A person is not completely himself until he has found God.

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The Measure of Love

The measure of love is love without measure.

ST. FRANCIS OF SALES (1567-1622, Distinguished bishop, brilliant spiritual guide, founder of a religios community, and Doctor of the Church)

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One Must Love God

One must know man and human things in order to love them. One must love God and divine things in order to know them.

- BLAISE PASCAL, (1623-1662, French mathematician and philosopher)

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God Is Interested In You

You cannot imagine at all how much you interest God; He is interested in you as if there were no one else on earth.

- JULIEN GREEN (1900-1988, French writer) 

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God Desires

God desires all men to be saved to come to the knowledge of the truth. - 1 Timothy 2:4

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