Quotemeal for Sunday, December 20, 1959

"The historical facts around Christ's life are both outward and clear. Certainly the theological truths that define Jesus are sure. Yet the realities of faith are always a matter of the heart. The fullness of his great love defies definition, and yet the open glory of his salvation spills over the edges of our most private selves."

— Calvin Miller

More Quotemeal

"Jesus promised his disciples three things - that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy and in constant trouble."

— G. K. Chesterton —

"Nobody can fight properly and boldly for the faith if he clings to a fear of being stripped of earthly possessions."

— Peter Damian —

"It is through dying to concern for self that we are born to new life with God and others; in such dying and rebirth, we find that life is lent to be spent; and...."

— Glenn Olds —

"Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone....."

— John Henry Newman —