Dear children in Jesus Christ, prayer is absolutely necessary. Vincent McNabb absolutelychildchrist Change image and share on social
It is no more irrational for the mind to take the word of the Eternal Word than for the eye to use light and for the ear to welcome sound. Vincent McNabb eareternaleye Change image and share on social
Though many men would be content to follow Christ by taking up their cross, few would be willing to follow Him by denying their reason. Vincent McNabb christcontentcross Change image and share on social
That mystic clasp of love lies not on the threshold but at the end of spiritual life, and can be reached for the most part only after much spiritual exercising, many denials, self-denials, watchings, and, it may be, the Cross of pain and disillusionment. Vincent McNabb claspcrossdenial share on social
Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. Vincent McNabb controlextraordinaryfear Change image and share on social
Perhaps no General Council has been more naturally fitted than the Vatican Council to produce a masterpiece of religious thought and literature. No assembly of men since the time of Christ has ever been so representative of Christian and national thought. Vincent McNabb assemblychristchristian 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
Most humbly, my beloved Saviour, I bow myself before thee. I am a worm and no man. I alone deserve to suffer. I alone shrink from suffering. I was with thee in thy days of joy, singing 'Hosanna,' and I wished to make thee King. Now, in thine hour of suffering, I am far from thee. Vincent McNabb belovedbowday 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
We shall seek first to tell the truth rather than to study the subtle art of adjusting it to the circumstances of time and person. Vincent McNabb adjustartcircumstance Change image and share on social
