“It
is our great relief that God is not extreme to mark what is done amiss, that He
looks at the motives, and accepts and blesses in spite of incidental errors.”
—John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890), letter to his mother, Aug. 27, 1830, quoted in The
Works of Cardinal Newman: Letters and Correspondence During His Life in the
English Church, edited by Anne Mozley (1911)Sunday, January 29, 2017
Quote of the Day (Cardinal Newman, on God’s Mercy)
“It
is our great relief that God is not extreme to mark what is done amiss, that He
looks at the motives, and accepts and blesses in spite of incidental errors.”
—John Henry Cardinal Newman (1801-1890), letter to his mother, Aug. 27, 1830, quoted in The
Works of Cardinal Newman: Letters and Correspondence During His Life in the
English Church, edited by Anne Mozley (1911)
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