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| (St. John Henry Newman - found here) |
“No one among us knows for certain that he himself will persevere; yet every one among us, to give himself even a chance of success at all, must make a venture. As regards individuals, then, it is quite true, that all of us must for certain make ventures for heaven, yet without the certainty of success through them. This, indeed, is the very meaning of the word ‘venture;’ for that is a strange venture which has nothing in it of fear, risk, danger, anxiety, uncertainty. Yes; so it certainly is; and in this consists the excellence and nobleness of
faith; this is the very reason why
faith is singled out from other graces, and honoured as the especial means of our justification, because its presence implies that we have the heart to make a venture.”
~St. John Henry Newman
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