Quotemeal for Friday, July 15, 2005

"Without the religious element, life is like an engine running without oil — it seizes up."

— Romano Guardini

More Quotemeal

"The phrase "God is good" cannot be reserved for those moments when life turns out the way we had hoped."

"The virtuous soul that is alone and without a master is like a lone burning coal; it will grow colder rather than hotter."

— John of the Cross —

"Accustom yourself gradually to carry Prayer into all your daily occupation — speak, act, work in peace, as if you were in prayer, as indeed you ought to....."

— François Fénelon —

"To holy people the very name of Jesus is a name to feed upon, a name to transport. His name can raise the dead and transfigure and beautify the living."

— John Henry Newman —