Simeon Leiva-Merikakis

“Christianity’s cultural power flows, as from its cause, from the holiness whereby the Church and her individual members partake in the virtues of her Lord, and such holiness does not exist in the abstract or generically but is always incarnated in the persons we call the saints.”

"This movement toward Jesus, a real paschal 'exodus' out of our previous existence, requires courage and generosity because we know we shall not remain the same, and such awareness is, for our poor fallen nature, both thrilling and frightening."