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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Christ deliberately hides Himself, disguises Himself, gives no physical sign of His Real Presence in the Eucharist, for a crucially important purpose: to test and elicit and strengthen our faith. If we saw miraculous signs in every Eucharist, or if the Eucharistic bread and wine had no taste, like other bread and wine, or even if we felt unique feelings each time we received the Eucharist, our faith would be less strong because it would have sensible or emotional crutches to lean on.”

301. “Christ deliberately hides Himself, disguises Himself, gives no physical sign of His Real Presence in the Eucharist, for a crucially important purpose: to test and elicit and strengthen our faith. If we saw miraculous signs in every Eucharist, or if the Eucharistic bread and wine had no taste, like other bread and wine, or even if we felt unique feelings each time we received the Eucharist, our faith would be less strong because it would have sensible or emotional crutches to lean on.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “The transformation of Christ’s bodily scars into badges of glory shows us what happens, even in this life, to our souls when we lovingly and trustingly offer our sufferings to Christ and unite them to His. He turns “deformity” into “dignity”.”

302. “The transformation of Christ’s bodily scars into badges of glory shows us what happens, even in this life, to our souls when we lovingly and trustingly offer our sufferings to Christ and unite them to His. He turns “deformity” into “dignity”.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “St. Thomas thus detects a primary source of presumption in seeking genuinely good things, like human happiness on earth, as if we did not need divine grace to attain them; and in the hope that we can obtain God’s pardon and mercy without our confessing and repenting of sin.”

303. “St. Thomas thus detects a primary source of presumption in seeking genuinely good things, like human happiness on earth, as if we did not need divine grace to attain them; and in the hope that we can obtain God’s pardon and mercy without our confessing and repenting of sin.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Human fathers give human life, animal fathers give animal life, God the Father gives divine life. It’s called grace.”

304. “Human fathers give human life, animal fathers give animal life, God the Father gives divine life. It’s called grace.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “It is tempting to remain in the comfortable theater of the imagination instead of the real world, to fall in love with the idea of becoming a saint and loving God and neighbor instead of doing the actual work, because the idea makes no demands on you.”

305. “It is tempting to remain in the comfortable theater of the imagination instead of the real world, to fall in love with the idea of becoming a saint and loving God and neighbor instead of doing the actual work, because the idea makes no demands on you.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “The difference between a counsel and a commandment is that a commandment implies obligation, whereas a counsel is left to the option of the one to whom it is given.”

306. “The difference between a counsel and a commandment is that a commandment implies obligation, whereas a counsel is left to the option of the one to whom it is given.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “He came. That is the salient fact, the towering truth, that alone keeps us from putting a bullet through our heads. He came.”

307. “He came. That is the salient fact, the towering truth, that alone keeps us from putting a bullet through our heads. He came.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Sin is to faith what infidelity is to marriage.”

308. “Sin is to faith what infidelity is to marriage.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “His purpose was not just to make us safe but to make us saints.”

309. “His purpose was not just to make us safe but to make us saints.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Only when there is virtue in souls can there be peace and happiness in society.”

310. “Only when there is virtue in souls can there be peace and happiness in society.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “If our faith rests on God’s veracity, it has an absolute and eternally unshakable foundation. If it rests on our own mind, it is as secure as sand. Does your faith look like a castle or a sand castle?”

311. “If our faith rests on God’s veracity, it has an absolute and eternally unshakable foundation. If it rests on our own mind, it is as secure as sand. Does your faith look like a castle or a sand castle?”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Many saints were made out of passionate sinners – the angry, the hating, the lustful, the cynical; but none were ever made out of the slothful.”

312. “Many saints were made out of passionate sinners – the angry, the hating, the lustful, the cynical; but none were ever made out of the slothful.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “God said it, that settles it.”

313. “God said it, that settles it.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “What is voluntary comes from the will; what is forced comes to the will from outside and prevents it from doing what it will.”

314. “What is voluntary comes from the will; what is forced comes to the will from outside and prevents it from doing what it will.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “When the worldly toys in which we foolishly place our hopes for happiness are taken away from us, our foolishness is also taken away, and this brings us closer to true happiness, which is not in worldly things but in wisdom.”

315. “When the worldly toys in which we foolishly place our hopes for happiness are taken away from us, our foolishness is also taken away, and this brings us closer to true happiness, which is not in worldly things but in wisdom.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “To exercise what Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy called a right that is “at the heart of liberty” – namely, the right to determine for oneself the meaning of life and the mystery of human existence – is to tell God, “Get off my throne.”

316. “To exercise what Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy called a right that is “at the heart of liberty” – namely, the right to determine for oneself the meaning of life and the mystery of human existence – is to tell God, “Get off my throne.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Over half of all Roman Catholics in America today leave the Church before they get married and have kids. The most common reason for returning is for the kids. Like parachute jumpers, soldiers in foxholes, and big wave surfers, parents know they need God. And for similar reasons.”

317. “Over half of all Roman Catholics in America today leave the Church before they get married and have kids. The most common reason for returning is for the kids. Like parachute jumpers, soldiers in foxholes, and big wave surfers, parents know they need God. And for similar reasons.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Not all prayer is in words, because not all conversation is in words.”

318. “Not all prayer is in words, because not all conversation is in words.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Therefore if we lack the feeling of repentance but nevertheless want to repent; if we choose repentance with the will; we are then repenting, since repentance is that choice of the will.”

319. “Therefore if we lack the feeling of repentance but nevertheless want to repent; if we choose repentance with the will; we are then repenting, since repentance is that choice of the will.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “The ultimate reason we must become holy is that that is the only way to become real.”

320. “The ultimate reason we must become holy is that that is the only way to become real.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “Earthly life is full of soporifics, anaesthetics, pain-dullers. In fact, compared with Purgatory our whole life on earth will appear to have been life only half awake. In Purgatory we will be fully awake, fully sensitive, and fully cognizant of the evil of all of our sins. Our clear knowledge of God’s brightness and beauty will make our clear knowledge of our own darkness and ugliness more painful than any similar light that shows up our most terrible defects here on earth.”

321. “Earthly life is full of soporifics, anaesthetics, pain-dullers. In fact, compared with Purgatory our whole life on earth will appear to have been life only half awake. In Purgatory we will be fully awake, fully sensitive, and fully cognizant of the evil of all of our sins. Our clear knowledge of God’s brightness and beauty will make our clear knowledge of our own darkness and ugliness more painful than any similar light that shows up our most terrible defects here on earth.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “St. Thomas mentions the three things necessary to attain any end, earthly or Heavenly: knowledge, love, and presence;.”

322. “St. Thomas mentions the three things necessary to attain any end, earthly or Heavenly: knowledge, love, and presence;.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “When we use the prayers of the Church, we use the greatest prayers ever written, the words and sentiments of great saints and hymn writers and liturgists. We do this rightly, because God deserves the best, and these prayers are the best. They were composed by other people, but we make them our own when we pray them, like a lover reciting a sonnet by Shakespeare to his beloved. It is Shakespeare’s gift: Shakespeare gave it to him, and now he gives it to his beloved.”

323. “When we use the prayers of the Church, we use the greatest prayers ever written, the words and sentiments of great saints and hymn writers and liturgists. We do this rightly, because God deserves the best, and these prayers are the best. They were composed by other people, but we make them our own when we pray them, like a lover reciting a sonnet by Shakespeare to his beloved. It is Shakespeare’s gift: Shakespeare gave it to him, and now he gives it to his beloved.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “The deepest reason why the Church is weak and the world is dying is that there are not enough saints. No, that’s not quite honest. The reason is that WE are not saints.”

324. “The deepest reason why the Church is weak and the world is dying is that there are not enough saints. No, that’s not quite honest. The reason is that WE are not saints.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “As Buddha said, “All that we are is determined by our thoughts.”

325. “As Buddha said, “All that we are is determined by our thoughts.”

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Peter Kreeft Quote: “When you feel threatened by the Church, listen to the One who speaks from beneath those humble, human appearances: “It is I; be not afraid.”

326. “When you feel threatened by the Church, listen to the One who speaks from beneath those humble, human appearances: “It is I; be not afraid.”

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