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Jesus entered into the darkness in all of its power in order to bring the light.

Robert Barron

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We may never know what He really meant.

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if you hand me the aux chord chances are i’m going to blast the les mis sountrack at a volume so high your ears will bleed with the blood of angry men

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Jesus brings true peace.

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Our Lord didn't say that The Way would be easy -- he only said that that's where you'd find him.

Br. Martin of St. Nicholas

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if i haven’t embarrassed myself in front of you don’t worry it will happen 

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What God has wanted from the beginning is to sit down with his creatures in a fellowship banquet, sharing life and laughter, giving, receiving, and giving back again. This is the loop of grace that I’ve often spoken of. The more we receive the divine life, the more we should give it away and thereby get more of it. Throughout the Old Testament, we find images of the holy banquet. On God’s holy mountain, Isaiah says, there will be good meats and pure choice wines. And throughout his ministry, Jesus hosts meals to which all are invited. God wants to share his life with us.

Robert Barron

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Even in the midst of darkness, there is still hope.

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Rinjani Rim by ahtuck Via Flickr: Sunrise from Rinjani Rim

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In contrast with the notion of salvation through power, [Kierkegaard] held out the hope of salvation through suffering. The cross against the ballot box or the clenched fist, the solitary pilgrim against the slogan-shouting mob, the crucified Christ against the demagogue-dictators promising a kingdom of heaven on earth, whether achieved through endlessly expanding wealth and material well-being, or through the ever greater concentration of power and its ever more ruthless exercise.

Malcolm Muggeridge

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