Put an assumption in my ask. I’ll confirm or dispute it. I’m not gonna be mean or anything, I’m just very interested. You can go anon if you want.
Do not seek the perfection of the law in human virtues, for it’s not found perfect in them. Its perfection is hidden in the Cross of Christ.
St. Hesychius the Priest (via gothicchristian)
“Faith is a living, bold trust in God’s grace, so certain of God’s favour that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it. Such confidence and knowledge of God’s grace makes you … joyful and bold in your relationship to God and all creatures. The Holy Spirit makes this happen through faith. Because of it, you freely, willingly and joyfully do good to everyone, serve everyone, suffer all kinds of things, love and praise the God who has shown you such grace.”
— Martin Luther
“Behold, Lord, an empty vessel that needs to be filled. My Lord, fill it. I am weak in the faith; strengthen thou me. I am cold in love; warm me and make me fervent that my love may go out to my neighbour. I do not have a strong and firm faith; at times I doubt and am unable to trust thee altogether. O Lord, help me. Strengthen my faith and trust in thee. In thee I have sealed the treasures of all I have. I am poor; thou art rich and didst come to be merciful to the poor. I am a sinner; thou art upright. With me there is an abundance of sin; in thee is the fullness of righteousness. Therefore, I will remain with thee of whom I can receive but to whom I may not give. Amen.”
— Martin Luther, Oxford Book of Prayer
If your one and only goal when making a movie is to subvert expectations instead of exceeding or defying expectations, please re-consider ever making another film.
“If we imagine a technologically advanced Brave New World in which mankind has forgotten his religious heritage and historical tradition – and therefore has no basis for interpreting his own life in moral terms – that would be the end of mankind. It is most unlikely that mankind, deprived of its historical consciousness and religious tradition because they are technologically useless, would be able to live peacefully, satisfied with his achievements. In fact, I would expect the opposite, since it is in the very constitution of humanity that our wants have no definite limits. They can grow indefinitely in an endless spiral of greed.”
— Leszek Kolakowski
Nevada Falls. Yosemite. (at Nevada Falls, Yosemite National Park)
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