People who actually study history know that history doesn’t pick sides.

-Tom Simon

Every now and then someone boasts "I have an absolutely new idea." Three answers may be given. One is "Treat it kindly, it is in a strange place." The other is "Beginner's luck." And the third and best answer is "Go back and see how the ancients put it."

-Fulton Sheen, Life is Worth Living (1953)

 A fashion is something that goes in one year and out another.

-Fulton Sheen, Life is Worth Living, Fourth Series (1956)

One "Blessed be God" in times of adversity, is worth more than a thousand acts of gratitude in times of prosperity

-St. John of Avila (as quoted in St. Alphonsus Liguori's booklet Uniformity with God's Will)

I prefer traditional Church music in the liturgy. I believe that just as we conduct ourselves and dress in a reverent manner when we go to Mass, we should also have music to reflect that, oriented vertically, ad orientam, towards God. Rock music, to me, is oriented horizontally. It's strictly entertainment. I love rock and roll music, and jazz, etc., but they're forms of entertainment, and they draw the eye and attention towards the performers. We as Catholics are asked that while we live IN this world, we shouldn't be OF the world. What other place on earth should that phrase ring true but in the presence of the Eucharist? The music in church should be set apart, as a break from "the World," so we can focus on the fact that we're receiving Christ's body and blood and this isn't some kind of causal party.

-Matthew Kelly (drummer for the "Dropkick Murphys")
Gilbert, January/February 2023, pp. 14-15

It’s easier and more enjoyable to fantasize about the moral improvements one would bring about with more power than to bring about the actual moral improvements over which one has power.

-James Chastek

[H/T Mike Flynn]

YouTube: We fight misinformation by censoring videos we disagree with.
Every YouTube Ad: This crazy new discovery melts belly fat while you sleep.

-Brian Holdsworth