David Given Schwarm

The deaf who deny they are deaf will never hear; the sinners who deny there is sin deny thereby the remedy of sin, and thus cut themselves off forever from Him Who came to redeem.

The lover of God never knows the words “too much.” Those who accuse other of loving God or religion too much really do not love God at all, nor do they know the meaning of love.

As Adam lost the heritage of union with God in a garden, our Blessed Lord ushered in its restoration in a garden. Eden and Gethsemane were the two gardens around with resolved the fate of humanity. In Eden, Adam sinned; in Gethsemane, Christ took humanity’s sin upon Himself. In Eden, Adam hid from God; Christ…