Basil Hume quotes

The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake. (Basil Hume)

We have really lost in our society the sense of the sacredness of life.

Basil Hume

For my part, he was God's candidate.

Basil Hume

Death remains about the one certain fact in the lives of each one of us, and there will be suffering, sorrow, and sadness next week as there was last week.

Basil Hume

Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.

Basil Hume

Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between good and evil.

Basil Hume

[St. Josemaría's] words, seventy years ago, anticipated the Vatican Council's decree on the place and the role of the laity in the world.... It is my conviction that it's only slowly that we're coming to understand what the Spirit was trying to say to us through the Council. But the Spirit goes on calling.... And surely the Holy Spirit is calling us in our day to a greater degree of holiness, to deepen our spiritual lives. And it has been the role of the movements [and] of Opus Dei to provide support and guidance on that road to holiness.

Basil Hume

Basil Hume

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Occupation: English Clergyman
Born: March 2, 1923
Died: June 17, 1999
Quotes count: 7
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