Quotemeal for Thursday, July 24, 2003

"To take up the cross of Christ is no great action done once for all; it consists in the continual practice of small duties which are distasteful to us."

— John Henry Newman

More Quotemeal

"A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell."

— C. S. Lewis —

"The prayers and supplications that Christ offered up were, joined with strong cries and tears, herein setting us example not only to pray, but to be fervent and..."

— Matthew Henry —

"Never let us be discouraged with ourselves; it is not when we are conscious of our faults that we are the most wicked: on the contrary, we are less so. We see....."

— François Fénelon —