What does it mean to be "fishers of men?" Bishop Silvio José Báez offers a few compelling definitions and examples that urge us to prayer and action.
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To be fishers of men — Silvio José Báez, ocd
Quote of the day, 5 May: Père Jacques
Père Jacques commented on evil during a preached retreat in the fall of 1943: "The profound problem of evil is a scandal that keeps many people far from God and drives many others away from him... Take war, for example, with its deliberate destruction of cities and its unjustifiable slaughter of the elderly and the innocent, of women and children..."
Quote of the day, 19 December: St. John of the Cross
The soul through original sin is a captive in the mortal body, subject to passions and natural appetites; when liberated from this bondage and submission, it considers its escape, in which it is unnoticed, unimpeded, and unapprehended by its passions and appetites, a sheer grace.
Quote of the day: 24 March
The scapular of the Virgin cannot separate us from the Gospel
Quote of the day: 27 January
Soldiers of the 60th Army of the First Ukrainian Front opened the gates of Auschwitz
Quote of the day: 2 June
God is eternal silence; God dwells in silence
Words of wisdom from award-winning Spanish author and human rights advocate Fernando Savater
Spanish philosopher Fernando Savater applies classic logic to issue a note of caution to modern society
As clay is in the potter's hand, so you are in mine, House of Israel... beyond the historizal hazards and human will stands God
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