Quotes about Supernatural

if there's a supernatural agent that is working in the natural world, then the idealized conditions described by the law are no longer in effect. The law isn't violated because the law has this implicit provision that nothing is messing around with the conditions.

The Scripture makes it clear that one of the Holy Spirit's primary tasks is to restrain evil until the time set by the Father.

All religion is supernatural, and rests upon the presupposition that God is distinct from the world and yet works in the world.

The men with God's 'go' in them have these three characteristics-a saving experience, the evidence of supernatural power at work, and the spiritual efficacy of success in prayer.

A fundamental principle of Catholic theology is that grace perfects nature rather than setting it aside; and that means that the Christian life is not a two-layer cake, the supernatural simply added on to the natural. It transforms the natural but by perfecting it, not by demeaning it.

Since (1) charity is supernatural, and comes only from the real presence of God in the soul (St. Thomas' paragraph 3), and since (2) all men, and not only Christians, are capable of charity (as has been proved in the paragraph above), it follows that (3) all men are capable of accepting the real presence of God in their souls, even if they have defective or mistaken concepts of God.

Belief in angels makes an even bigger difference if you believe in God and pray, because your prayers to God to send angel help will be answered.

Many people disbelieve in angels because they disbelieve in spirit. They believe only matter exists.

the way in which He worked miracles, namely because He worked miracles . . . of His own power, and not by praying (petitioning), as others do. .

There is no equality among angels

I chose God over the material universe.

The White Throne Judgment will be nothing like our modern court cases. At the White Throne, there will be a Judge but no jury, a prosecution but no defense, a sentence but no appeal.