The Christian Is Called Upon To Be

It May Well Be That The World Is Denied Miracle After Miracle And Triumph After Triumph Because We Will Not Bring To Christ What We Have And What We Are. If, Just As We Are, We Would Lay Ourselves On The Altar Of Service Of Jesus Christ, There Is No Saying What Christ Could Do With Us And Through Us.

It May Well Be A Sign Of The Decadence Of The Church And The Failure Of Christianity That Gifts Have To Be Coaxed Out Of People, And That Often They Will Not Give At All Unless They Get Something For Their Money In The Way Of Entertainment Or Of Goods. Giving Which Is Real Giving Has A Certain Recklessness In It.

The Tragedy Of Life And Of The World Is Not That Men Do Not Know God; The Tragedy Is That, Knowing Him, They Still Insist On Going Their Own Way.

Love Always Involves Responsibility, And Love Always Involves Sacrifice. And We Do Not Really Love Christ Unless We Are Prepared To Face His Task And To Take Up His Cross.

Strict Orthodoxy Can Cost Too Much If It Has To Be Bought At The Price Of Love. All The Orthodoxy In The World Will Never Take The Place Of Love.