The deductive reasons for a course of action usually follow rather than precede the course of action. Thought follows life. Vincent McNabb actiondeductivefollow Change image and share on social
Ordinary Catholics are praying when they do not think they are. They are praying when they offer implicitly all they are doing to God. Vincent McNabb catholicgodimplicitly Change image and share on social
Certain gifts God makes to the human soul without its asking or desiring; but there are other gifts which the grown-up soul, with the use of reason, can only have by its desire. Vincent McNabb desiregiftgod Change image and share on social
Quit Babylon for love of the Babylonians.And do not seek ease or security you can obtain by using Babylon. What will it avail you to cease living in Babylon if you do not also cease living on Babylon? Vincent McNabb availbabylonbabylonian Change image and share on social
How different would this country be if few were engaged in making money and many in making things. Vincent McNabb countryengagemake Change image and share on social
As the wedded pair have given each other power over their bodies, it would be a grave sin for one to refuse either altogether or for a considerable time the fulfilment of the marriage debt. Vincent McNabb altogetherbodyconsiderable Change image and share on social
St. Thomas is right. The essential prayer is the prayer of petition. Vincent McNabb essentialpetitionprayer Change image and share on social
We shall not hold the dangerous axiom that 'truth is the best policy,' because policy is but a means to an end; and truth is an end, not a means. Vincent McNabb axiomdangerousend Change image and share on social
Of a truth, there is an inward, formless, inarticulate, almost unconscious, prayer, the very breath of love, whereby the soul is knit fast to the God whom it has tracked, amidst the tangled underwood of human life, to his covert on the eternal hills. Vincent McNabb amidstbreathcovert share on social
Our dear Lord said we should pray always. Everything we are doing should be either a prayer in itself or can be made into a prayer. Any action that is not in itself wrong can be done in union with God and His divine will. Vincent McNabb actiondeardivine share on social