Wisdom from deep within the Rock....

J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R.*

A Trinity 
of Rockbound Monks

Call them real cave men...

Battled the remnant heresies
of Arianism and
Apollinarianism

St. Basil
St. Gregory
St. Gregory

Three quotes each will make the point:

St. Basil:
"Every divine action begins from the Father, proceeds through the Son, and is completed in the Holy Spirit." 

"We need not only read Sacred Scripture, but learn it as well and grow up in it. Realize that nothing is written in Scripture unnecessarily. Not to read Sacred Scripture is a great evil."

"The sun penetrates crystal and makes it more dazzling. In the same way, the sanctifying Spirit indwells in souls and makes them more radiant. They become like so many powerhouses beaming grace and love around them." 

St. Gregory of Nyssa:
"Concepts create idols; only wonder comprehends anything. People kill one another over idols. Wonder makes us fall to our knees."

"As no darkness can be seen by anyone surrounded by light, so no trivialities can capture the attention of anyone who has his eyes on Christ."

"Just as at sea those who are carried away from the direction of the harbor bring themselves back on course by a clear sign, on seeing a tall beacon light or some mountain peak coming into view, so Scripture may guide those adrift on the sea of the life back into the harbor of the divine will."

St. Gregory Nazianzus:
"I cannot think on the one without quickly being encircled by the splendor of the three; nor can I discern the three without being straightway carried back to the one."

"These three things God requires of all the Baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body."

"Our noblest theologian is not one who has discovered the whole - our earthly shackles do not permit us the whole - but one whose mental image is by comparison fuller, who has gathered in his mind a richer picture, outline, or whatever we call it, of the truth."

HE IS OUR ROCK

HE IS OUR ISLAND

Sincerely yours in Jesus through Mary,
Mike Rizzio

Imitate Mary
Become like Jesus
Live for the Triune God

Seek the Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ
See you on the High Ground!

* - J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R. stands for:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph;
O Beata Trinitas;
St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael