In this silence of the white Host, carried in the Monstrance, are all His words; there is His whole life given in offering to the Father for each of us; there is also the glory of the glorified body, which started with the Resurrection, and still continues in Heavenly union.
Lord Jesus, cause me to know in my daily experience the glory and sweetness of Thy name, and then teach me how to use it in my prayer, so that I may be a prince prevailing with God.
It is indeed a desirable thing to be well-descended, but the glory belongs to our ancestors.
God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.
Art must take to the road and risk all for the glory of adventure.
But shall we wear these glories for a day? Or shall they last, and we rejoice in them?
I feel like I experienced my 20s in all their glory and all their disastrousness.
No greater glory can be handed down than to conquer the barbarian, to recall the savage and the pagan to civility, to draw the ignorant within the orbit of reason, and to fill with reverence for divinity the godless and the ungodly.
The church I lead could have the least gifted people, the least talented people, the fewest leaders, and the least money, and this church under the power of the Holy Spirit could still shake the nations for his glory.
The glory of God's faithfulness is that no sin of ours has ever made Him unfaithful.
And may we ever have gratitude in hearts that the great Creator in all His glory has placed the herbs in the field for our healing.
We need language to tell us who we are, how we feel, what we're capable of- to explain the pains and glory of our existence.
Grace tried is better than grace, and more than grace; it is glory in its infancy
Vanity is so anchored in the heart of man that a soldier, a soldier's servant, a cook, a porter brags and wishes to have his admirers. Even philosophers wish for them. Those who write against vanity want to have the glory of having written well; and those who read it desire the glory of having read it. I who write this have perhaps this desire, and perhaps those who will read it.
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
Glory is a scandal. Let me state once & for all: I do not wish to be civilized.
God is what's good in me.
Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!
A song was heard at Christmas To wake the midnight sky: A saviour's birth, and peace on earth, And praise to God on high. The angels sang at Christmas With all the hosts above, And still we sing the newborn King His glory and his love.
It is better that great peoples should seek out glory, or even vanity, in their deeds, than that they should remain indifferent. For even if they are not incited to act upon virtuous principles, at least there is the saving grace that they will do things they might not have done had not vanity prompted their actions.