Pastoral Resources

That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.

If I were going to convert to any religion I would probably choose Catholicism because it at least has female saints and the Virgin Mary.

I am very proud of The Saints and I'm very glad that I've been associated with them all these years, but the next record is the best record... has to be the philosophy for any band that remains even halfway decent or vibrant, and that is kind of where my head's at.

I hold communications with saints and angels, even with satan himself.

Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.

We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Great writers are the saints for the godless.

There is also a perfection of degrees, by which a person performs all the commands of God, with the full exertion of all his powers, without the least defect. This is what the law of God requires, but what the saints cannot attain to in this life.

In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.

A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.

The natural response of the old-timers is to build a strong moral wall against the outside. This is where the world starts to be painted in black and white, saints inside, and sinners outside the wall.

The cultural contrast I saw between religions... Catholics have a lot of mediators, going through saints and Mary or whatever. Protestants in general say things to God directly.

Christ bears with the saints' imperfections; well may the saints one with another.

And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.

The Scriptures were written, not to make us astronomers, but to make us saints.

I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man.

On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.

Must not I then entertain the saints because I must keep my conscience.

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun.