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Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.

Think not that you are thus maintaining the Gospel of Christ when you separate yourselves from the flock of Christ.

This is the sum; my brethren, preach Christ, always and evermore. He is the whole gospel. His person, offices, and work must be our one great all-comprehending theme

Those who are filled with the love of Christ do not seek to force others to do better, they inspire others to do better.

Those who cannot see Christ in the poor are atheists indeed.

Those who doubt most, and yet strive to overcome their doubts, turn out to be some of Christ's strongest disciples.

Those who turn proud when their praise is sounded, who seek their own glory, not Christ's, or those who are moved by slanders and by infamy, had better leave the ministry of the Word.

Those who truly believe on Jesus Christ are saved from all fear.

Though Christ a thousand times in Bethlehem be born, If he's not born in thee thy soul is still forlorn.

Thoughtfulness is the beginning of great sanctity. If you learn this art of being thoughtful, you will become more and more Christ-like, for his heart was meek and he always thought of others. Our vocation, to be beautiful, must be full of thought for others.

Though the Bible was written over sixteen centuries by at least forty authors, it has one central theme-salvation through faith in Christ.

Thou hast no life to lose, because thou hast given it already to Christ, nor can man take away that without God's leave.

To be Biblically balanced is to let our theology and preaching be proportioned by the Bible's radically disproportionate focus on God's saving love for sinners seen and accomplished in the crucified and risen Christ.

Today Jesus Christ is being dispatched as the Figurehead of a Religion, a mere example. He is that, but he is infinitely more; He is salvation itself, He is the Gospel of God.

To Christ we are to be always coming; upon Him always relying; to His precious blood always looking.

To eat bread is one thing; to love the precepts of Christ and resolve to obey them is quite another.

To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ.

Tolerance is a relatively weak virtue; we're called to so much more than that in the body of Christ.

Tolerance is the worst roar of all, including tolerance for homosexuals, feminists, and religions that don't follow Christ.

To me, a faith in Jesus Christ that is not aligned with the poor ... it's nothing.

To love as Christ loves is to let our love be a practical and not a sentimental thing.

To preach Christ is to feed the soul, to justify it, to set it free, and to save it, if it believes the preaching.

To pretend to trust Christ to save you from sin while you are still determined to continue in it is making a mockery of Christ.

To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate the face of Christ with Mary.

To search for wisdom apart from Christ means not simply foolhardiness but utter insanity.

Treasuring life above Christ is a tragedy.

To the extent that we nourish ourselves on Christ and are in love with him, we feel within us the incentive to bring others to him: Indeed, we cannot keep the joy of the faith to ourselves; we must pass it on.

True joy is independence of circumstances - Choose to rejoice!

True consecration to Christ simplifies life, for it leaves the management to Him.

True followers of Christ emulate Christ—true followers of Mohammed emulate Mohammed.

Trust Christ! and a great benediction of tranquil repose comes down upon the calm mind and the tranquil heart.

Trust Christ, but do not trust yourself

Ultimately, our relationship with Christ is the one thing we cannot do without.

Trust yourself in God's hands. Maintain your relationship to Jesus Christ by the patience of faith. 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him.'

T'was a thief said the last kind word to Christ. Christ took the kindness and forgave the theft.

Unless we ardently and prayerfully devote ourselves to Christ's righteousness we do not only faithlessly revolt from our Creator, but we also abjure him as our Savior.

Unless we are wedded to Jesus Christ by the simple act of trust in His mercy and His power, Christ is nothing to us.

We all must do what Christ did. We must make our experiment. We must make mistakes. We must live out our own version of life. And there will be error. If you avoid error you do not live.

Watch out for those who put themselves above you. The real ones point to Christ in you.

Upon death the believer goes immediately into the presence of Christ in heaven, a realm far better than this earth. Heaven is our true home.

Until the will and the affections are brought under the authority of Christ, we have not begun to understand, let alone to accept, His lordship.

Virtue, for us, is obedience to God in Christ.

We all get to choose where we set up the stage of our lives - before the Crowds, the Court, the Congregation, the Critics (inner or otherwise)-- or the Cross of Christ. All except One will assess your performance. Only One will accept you before your performance ... Only in Jesus is there 100% acceptance before even 1% performance.

We are enveloped in peace, whether or not we feel ourselves to be at peace. By that I mean the peace that passes understanding is not a subjective sensation of peace; if we are in Christ, we are in peace even when we feel no peace.

We are dependent on the power of God to convert us and give faith in Jesus Christ and the new nature.

We are called to live our baptism every day, as new creatures, clothed in Christ.

We are not as Christ-centered and cross-cherishing as we should be, because we do not ponder the truth that everything good, and everything bad that God turns for the good, was purchased by the sufferings of Christ.

We are not forgiven because we are good. We are forgiven because Christ bore our sins.

We are never more like Christ than in prayers of intercession.

We, as Catholics are not permitted to believe anything of our own will, nor to choose what someone has believed of his. We have God's apostles as authorities, who did not themselves of their own wills choose anything of what they wanted to believe, but faithfully transmitted to the nations, the teachings of Christ.