“Gospel: Jesus is critiqued for eating with 'sinners and tax collectors,' as well as forgiving sins, speaking with women and healing the sick on the Sabbath. But for Jesus nothing should get in the way of proclaiming the Good News--which is the proclamation God's love for everyone.”— James Martin, SJ, twitter.com
“God is the source of our true and divine nature; affirming that spiritual source and nature is essential to the process of creation.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Everybody is born with a divine purpose, and God has given us everything we will ever need to fulfill that purpose.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“The Creator has placed at our disposal a wealth of natural energies that are useful healing tools. We need only ask, and help is there.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“God's goal is for you to be the best you can be with what you have been given and to share what you do with the world.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“It is okay to be vulnerable, because when you are vulnerable, you are innocent. Innocence is our gift from God.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“Strengthening our inner connection to God strengthens our inner connection to all things.”— Iyanla Vanzant, twitter.com
“God is not allowing things to happen to you, God is allowing things to happen FOR you. Pain is growth.”— Wesley Snipes, twitter.com
“When Jesus calls the twelve apostles, he does so as a sign of the 'gathering' of Israel, and because we're meant to join together in worship and ministry. But Jesus doesn't call a faceless mass; he calls each by name, just as he calls you, with all your gifts and talents.”— James Martin, SJ, twitter.com
“Gospel: As the liturgical year comes to a close, Jesus speaks about the end times. Today he asks us to be faithful until the end, when we will be judged. God is a God of mercy, but also of judgment. A God who didn't judge would be a God who didn't care. And God cares what we do.”— James Martin, SJ, twitter.com
“Coming out to myself was one of the hardest parts of my journey. Tears were shed, desperate prayers to be changed were prayed. It's been a struggle to accept myself and I couldn't have done it with the help of so many others who have paved the way for me. So, if you're religious and wondering if God…”— Shannon Purser, twitter.com
“Thank you God, for this life, and forgive us if we do not love it enough.”— Paulo Coelho, twitter.com
“It isn't my belief in God that gives me strength. It's God's belief in me.”— Jordan Bach, twitter.com
“Don't you see how everything that happens is always a beginning again, and could be it not be His beginning, given that beginnings are in themselves always so beautiful?”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“I think there are far more miracles in our lives than we may ever realize. Like flickers of light among the darkness, they remind us that God is there and that He cares.”— Elizabeth A. Smart, Chris Stewart, amazon.com