‘The most important act of Christian life is, however, the personal hearing of every call directed to oneself and the ability to understand it. No one else can hear my call for me. No knowledge of God and his ways can replace an attentive and obedient ear. The essence of being a Christian is to be open daily and hourly to the call of God and to let oneself be touched and guided by it.’
—The Christian State of Life (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1983 E.T. of 1977 German original), p. 435
We can be sure that whoever sneers at [beauty] as if she were the ornament of a bourgeois past— whether he admits it or not – can no longer pray and soon will no longer be able to love.
— Jacob Sherman (@Shermanicus) June 6, 2025
— Hans Urs von Balthasar, Glory of the Lord I, 18 pic.twitter.com/TAMlpAraJx