Daniel Patrick Reilly (1928) Roman Catholic bishop
Bishop Daniel P. Reilly https://vimeo.com/273945657 (2008)
A Stone for a Pillow (1986), as quoted in If Grace Is True : Why God Will Save Every Person (2003) by Philip Gulley and James Mulholland, p. 223
Context: All will be redeemed in God's fullness of time, all, not just the small portion of the population who have been given the grace to know and accept Christ. All the strayed and stolen sheep. All the little lost ones.
Daniel Patrick Reilly (1928) Roman Catholic bishop
Bishop Daniel P. Reilly https://vimeo.com/273945657 (2008)
Pope Francis (1936) 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
As quoted in "Pope at Mass: Culture of encounter is the foundation of peace" at Vatican Radio (22 May 2013)
2010s, 2013
Context: The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of us, not just Catholics. Everyone! "Father, the atheists?" Even the atheists. Everyone! And this Blood makes us children of God of the first class! We are created children in the likeness of God and the Blood of Christ has redeemed us all! And we all have a duty to do good. And this commandment for everyone to do good, I think, is a beautiful path towards peace. If we, each doing our own part, if we do good to others, if we meet there, doing good, and we go slowly, gently, little by little, we will make that culture of encounter: we need that so much. We must meet one another doing good. "But I don’t believe, Father, I am an atheist!" But do good: we will meet one another there.
James Hamilton (1814–1867) Scottish minister and a prolific author of religious tracts
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 58.
Lucy Larcom (1824–1893) American teacher, poet, author
Journal entry (18 November 1861), Ch. 5 : The Beginning of the War.
Lucy Larcom : Life, Letters, and Diary (1895)
Context: Much of our Christianity is not of a sufficiently enlarged type to satisfy an educated Hindoo; not that Unitarianism is necessary, for that system has but a surface-liberalism which can become very hard, and finally very narrow, as its history among us has often proved. It is not a system at all that we want: it is Christ, the "wisdom of God and the power of God," Christ, the loving, creating, and redeeming friend of the world, Christ, whose large, free being enfolds all that is beautiful in nature and in social life; and all that is strong and deep and noble in the sanctuary of every living soul. When Christians have truly learned Christ, they can be true teachers.
“Of all graces, faith honours Christ the most; of all graces, Christ honours faith the most.”
T. B. Joshua (1963) Nigerian Christian leader
On faith - "Reflections On Prophet TB Joshua At 46" http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/113095 "American Chronicle" (August 5 2009)
Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889) English poet
"As Kingfishers Catch Fire, Dragonflies Draw Flame" (undated poem, c. March - April 1877)
Horace Bushnell (1802–1876) American theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 156.
Pope Pius X (1835–1914) Catholic Pope and saint
"Encyclical Letter of Our Holy Father Pius X" in The American Catholic Quarterly Review, Vol. 29. No. 114 (April 1904) p. 211
Álvaro Corrada del Río (1942) Puerto Rican Catholic bishop
Pastoral Reflection on the Sacrament of Confirmation http://www.americancatholicpress.org/Bishop_Corrada_Pastoral_Reflecton%20_on_Confirmation.html (October 7, 2005)