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Basil Hume
Basil Hume
English Clergyman
Born: Mar 2, 1923
Died: Jun 17, 1999
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Related authors: George Whitefield John Wesley Matthew Henry Sydney Smith Thomas Becket Thomas Fuller William Inge William Pollard
The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake. Basil Hume
Love Hope God Great Confidence Gift Goodness Nothing Christian Great Gift Easter Triumph Shake Makes Ultimate His Which Us
Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between good and evil. Basil Hume
Good Struggle Experience Good And Evil Christ Evil Our Easter Shall He Shared Between Days Underwent Die Died Forty Desert Suffer Suffered
Even though you find yourself in an intolerable position, one in which you think you have no right to be, accept it here and now as the Cross; then, later, you can plan how to do better. Basil Hume
You Yourself Better Think Later Intolerable Though Find Cross Accept How Which Plan Then Even Now Right Here Position
Let us remind ourselves that if we are to be our Lord's disciples, we must take up his Cross and follow him. Basil Hume
Our Ourselves Must Follow Cross Take Remind Him Disciples Lord His Up Us Let Us
Our response, our attitude, depends on our realisation of God's attitude toward us. If I experience love or have experienced it, this is the means whereby I can explore the mystery of God's love. Basil Hume
Love Attitude God Experience Our Response Mystery Toward Depends Experienced Whereby Realisation Us Means Explore
It is not because we are drawn to prayer that we first begin to pray; more often, we have to begin prayer, and then the taste and the desire for it come. Basil Hume
Prayer First Drawn More Come Because Pray Begin Taste Often Then Desire
In my opinion, it is a mistake to expect in prayer a response from God. Often, God's response is outside prayer. And often, we do not link up an outside response with the effort we put into prayer. Basil Hume
God Prayer Mistake Response Outside Put Opinion Link Up Expect Effort Often In My Opinion
It is axiomatic that the Cross we get is the one we most dislike: we would choose any other. But it is equally true that the Cross which is ours is the one Christ wants us to bear. Basil Hume
Christ Other Ours Would Cross Bear True Most Equally Get Any Wants Which Dislike Us Choose
What did our Lord do by his Passion, Death, and Resurrection? He bridged that gulf which exists between God and man, a gulf which can only be bridged by him. Basil Hume
Death God Man Passion Our Our Lord Gulf Only Resurrection He Between Him Lord His Exists Did Which
It is healthy to say, 'Yes, I am a sinner,' and to recognise that this should lead us to turn to God full of confidence in his love and mercy. Basil Hume
Love God Confidence Mercy Healthy Say Recognise Lead Am His Sinner Yes Turn Us Should Full
The devil took advantage of Christ's hunger to tempt him to limit his concern to the relief of human need. These are vital concerns, but they cannot be the sole concern of the Church. We need daily bread; we need, too, a reason for living, a sense of purpose, a vision. Basil Hume
Daily Vision Christ Church Devil Sense Living Too Took Sole Hunger Relief Vital Tempt Purpose Advantage Concern Him Concerns Limit His Human Bread Cannot Reason Daily Bread Need
It's one thing to see the suffering and dying on the television screen and quite another to be there and experience it. You cannot look into the eyes of a starving child and yourself remain the same. Basil Hume
You Suffering Eyes Experience Yourself Starving On-Screen Television One Thing See Remain Look Another Child Same Quite Screen Dying Cannot Thing
Living and working in the centre of a city, one cannot but be affected by the sight of the homeless on the streets. They are almost an expected feature of life in a big city, and it is tempting to think there is little or nothing that can, or even should, be done about it. This is not so. Basil Hume
Life Big Nothing Living Think Sight City About Tempting Feature Almost Big City Affected Expected Done Cannot Little Centre Should Working Even Homeless Streets
Know how to 'cling' to him in prayer, and then you will see the face of Christ more clearly in those whom you are called to serve. Basil Hume
Prayer You Christ Will Face Those See More Clearly Know Him How Cling Then Whom Serve

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