60 Quotes by Robert Barron

So the Eucharist -- in its sumptuous liturgical setting, surrounded by music, art, the word of God, and the prayer of the community -- does more than sustain the divine life in us. It delights us, as a foretaste of the heavenly banquet.

The Christified person knows that his life is not finally about him but about God; the Eucharistized person understands that her treasure is to be found above and not below. Wealth, pleasure, power, honor, success, titles, degrees, even friendships and family connections are all relativized as the high adventure of life with God opens up. The eternalized person can say with Paul, "It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me," and "We have here no lasting city.

So the Eucharist – in its sumptuous liturgical setting, surrounded by music, art, the word of God, and the prayer of the community – does more than sustain the divine life in us. It delights us, as a foretaste of the heavenly banquet.

Love is not a sentiment or feeling. Love is actively willing the good of the other.

But the true emperor, Luke is telling us, arrives vulnerable and exposed, because the good life is not about the protection of the ego, but rather about the willingness to become open to the other in love.

I don’t think we’ll understand Advent correctly until we see it as a preparation for a revolution.

No country, leader, political party, culture, civilization, moral ideal, or rival god can compete with the one God.

The ego-drama is nothing compared with the theo-drama. The fun begins when we let God write our stories.

The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments,” Ratzinger said, “namely, the saints the Church has produced, and the art which has grown in her womb.