Spiritual Snack Packs

When I was a kid, my family was addicted to quoting movies. We would throw lines around from the Princess Bride, or Highlander, or Fletch like a favorite old tennis ball (that was a lousy simile. Who the heck has a favorite tennis ball?).

Like if I said RIGHT NOW to my cousin Matt Breen "No more rhymes now I mean it!" He would instantly reply "Anybody want a peanut?"

But this trip, we'll be snacking on REAL quotes.... quotes that settle in ya' soul like spiritual oatmeal, stick to ya' ribs like a big bowl o' Catholic chili! These quotables are Popeables: They're Biblically Delicious!

So to get you in the mood, my dear nephew Sean (and those who may journey with us this month virtually through the blogosphere), here are some nuggets of wisdom from the Man, Pope JPII. Chew on these!
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To find the mystery there must be patience, interior purification, silence, waiting...

The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence.

Holidays and vacations can help to balance activity with contemplation, haste with more natural rhythms, noise with the heralding silence of peace.

Faced with the sacredness of life and of the human person, and before the marvels of the universe, wonder is the only appropriate attitude.