If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

Faith, which forms its positive side is at the same time cognitio and fiducia, a trustful knowledge and a knowing trust.

Without faith in the existence, the revelation, and the knowability of God, no religion is possible.

I had found that taking risks, being true to myself, and making decisions with good intentions can exceed even my own expectations.

You cannot let where you are today cause you to get stuck. I'm going to be my best right now. That's what faith is all about.

If the God of Christianity exists, the evidence for His existence is abundant and plain so that it is both unscientific and sinful not to believe in Him.

When we do the best we can, we never know what miracles await.

But if he had come down from the Cross, he would have made it impossible for them to believe in him, for he would have substituted sight for faith. That is why he does not take us down from our crosses: so that we do not substitute feelings and experiences for faith. He wants the very best for us, the strongest and most precious gift, and that is faith.

When you're in a burning building looking out of the twentieth story window down to the street and all you see is clouds of billowing smoke, you have to choose to believe the firemen below who tell you they have a safety net and it's safe to jump. When the clouds of smoke disappear, you don't have to believe any more: you see it. In this world, it's a leap in the dark; in the next world, it's a leap in the light.

Christ deliberately hides Himself, disguises Himself, gives no physical sign of His Real Presence in the Eucharist, for a crucially important purpose: to test and elicit and strengthen our faith. If we saw miraculous signs in every Eucharist, or if the Eucharistic bread and wine had no taste, like other bread and wine, or even if we felt unique feelings each time we received the Eucharist, our faith would be less strong because it would have sensible or emotional crutches to lean on.

We must distinguish the act of faith from the object of faith, believing from what is believed.

We keep walking the right direction in spite of not being able to see the path.