Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber Cong. Orat.was a noted English hymn writer and theologian, who converted from Anglicanism to the Catholic priesthood. His best-known work is Faith of Our Fathers. Though he was a Roman Catholic writing for fellow Catholics at that point, many of his hymns today are sung by Protestant congregations...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionTheologian
Date of Birth28 June 1814
god winning sides
They always win who side with God.
long heaven desire
Eternity will not be long enough to learn all he is, or to praise him for all he has done, but then, that matters not; for we shall be always with him, and we desire nothing more.
character self independence
There is a great deal of self-will in the world, but very little genuine independence of character.
jesus blessed angel
The Blessed Sacrament is the magnet of souls. There is a mutual attraction between Jesus and the souls of men. Mary drew Him down from heaven. Our nature attracted Him rather than the nature of angels. Our misery caused Him to stoop to our lowness. Even our sins had a sort of attraction for the abundance of His mercy and the predilection of His grace. Our repentance wins Him to us. Our love makes earth a paradise to Him; and our souls lure Him as gold lures the miser, with irresistible fascination
christian queens blessed
Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is the queen of all devotions. It is the central devotion of the Church. All others gather round it, and group themselves there as satellites; for others celebrate his mysteries; this is Himself. It is the universal devotion. No one can be without it, in order to be a Christian. How can a man be a Christian who does not worship the living Presence of Christ?
men winning holiness
Happiness is a great power of holiness. Thus, kind words, by their power of producing happiness, have also a power of producing holiness, and so of winning men to God.
wise thinking men
We must have passed through life unobservantly, if we have never perceived that a man is very much himself what he thinks of others.
home exercise self
The exercise of patience involves a continual practice of the presence of God, for we may be called upon at any moment for an almost heroic display of good temper. And it is a short road to unselfishness, for nothing is left to self. All that seems to belong most intimately to self, to be self's private property, such as time, home, and rest, are invaded by these continual trials of patience.
fire long fuel
Deep theology is the best fuel of devotion; it readily catches fire, and once kindled it burns long.
disloyalty
For right is right, since God is God.
world majesty temples
We cannot resist the conviction that this world is for us only the porch of another and more magnificent temple of the Creator's majesty.
kind persons
Nobody is kind to only one person at once, but to many persons in one.
grief hopeless darkening
Good is that darkening of our lives, Which only God can brighten; But better still that hopeless load, Which none but God can lighten.
kindness charity world
Kind words are the music of the world.