Quotes about Belief

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 cannot go from our darkness to his light, because we are working in the dark. But God can go from his light to our darkness, because he is working in the light.

When I ask my "Catholic" students what they would say to God if they died tonight and God asked them why He should let them into Heaven, fewer than 5% ever even mention Jesus Christ.

Disbelief is a sin, but honest unbelief is not.

Over half of all Roman Catholics in America today leave the Church before they get married and have kids. The most common reason for returning is for the kids. Like parachute jumpers, soldiers in foxholes, and big wave surfers, parents know they need God. And for similar reasons.

If our faith rests on God's veracity, it has an absolute and eternally unshakable foundation. If it rests on our own mind, it is as secure as sand. Does your faith look like a castle or a sand castle?

Judaism, the one and only directly and divinely revealed religion in the world

Presumption and despair are opposite deadly sins. We hear a lot about despair, and the need for hope; but what is presumption?

For he believed not only that there was all truth somewhere but also that there was some truth everywhere.

Of course we should use all our powers, of mind and will and imagination, but not trust in them, for that is trusting in ourselves.

The only honest reason for anyone ever to believe anything is that it is true, that it is really there.

T]o scorn the dictate of reason is to scorn the commandment of God (I-II,19,5).