Faith is a matter of both the intellect and the will.
~Fr. John Laux, M.A.
Faith is an act of the understanding adhering to Divine Truth by command of the will moved by the grace of God.
~ St. Thomas
11.07.2008
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
The Famous Dilemma
If the thing believed is incredible, it is also incredible that the incredible should have been so believed. Here we have three incredible things, which nevertheless have come about.
1) It is incredible that Christ should have risen in the flesh, and with that flesh ascended into heaven.
2) It is incredible that the world should have believed a thing so incredible.
3) It is incredible that men, destitute of nobility and rank, numbers and skill,should have been able so effectively to persuade the world, and even the learned men in it.
Of these three incredibles, our opponents refuse to believe the first; the second they are forced to believe; and how that second came about they cannot say unless they believe the third....If our opponents do not believe that the Apostles worked miracles to prove the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, this one tremendous miracle suffices for us: that the world believed the message of the Apostles without miracles.
~ St. Augustine
1) It is incredible that Christ should have risen in the flesh, and with that flesh ascended into heaven.
2) It is incredible that the world should have believed a thing so incredible.
3) It is incredible that men, destitute of nobility and rank, numbers and skill,should have been able so effectively to persuade the world, and even the learned men in it.
Of these three incredibles, our opponents refuse to believe the first; the second they are forced to believe; and how that second came about they cannot say unless they believe the third....If our opponents do not believe that the Apostles worked miracles to prove the Resurrection and Ascension of Christ, this one tremendous miracle suffices for us: that the world believed the message of the Apostles without miracles.
~ St. Augustine
11.04.2008
Princes and Frogs
you hate men is what you say
and i understand how you feel that way
all girls dream of a fairy tale
but what you've got is like a used car sales man
trying to conceal what's wrong
behind a smile and a song
and i'm not saying that boys are not like that
but i think you should know
that some of us will grow
because all princes start as frogs
and gentlemen as dogs
just wait 'til it's plain to see
what we're growin' up to be
some frogs will still be frogs
and some dogs will still be dogs
some boys will become men...
just don't kiss us 'til then!
~superchic[k] again
and i understand how you feel that way
all girls dream of a fairy tale
but what you've got is like a used car sales man
trying to conceal what's wrong
behind a smile and a song
and i'm not saying that boys are not like that
but i think you should know
that some of us will grow
because all princes start as frogs
and gentlemen as dogs
just wait 'til it's plain to see
what we're growin' up to be
some frogs will still be frogs
and some dogs will still be dogs
some boys will become men...
just don't kiss us 'til then!
~superchic[k] again
one girl revolution
i wear a disguise, i'm just your average jane.
the super doesn't stand for model
but that doesn't mean i'm plain-
if all you see is how i look
you missed the superchick within
and i'll christen you titanic underetimate and swim!
~superchic[k] "one girl revolution"
the super doesn't stand for model
but that doesn't mean i'm plain-
if all you see is how i look
you missed the superchick within
and i'll christen you titanic underetimate and swim!
~superchic[k] "one girl revolution"
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