Father Marcus G. Halley
“Religion declined not because it was refuted, but because it became irrelevant, dull, oppressive, insipid. When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendor of the past; when faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion—its message becomes meaningless.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel
Nov 16, 2022 at 9:06pmWeb
Show threadCKA3KANov 16, 2022
@marcusghalley My favorite quote of Rabbi Heschel has long been, "When I was young, I admired clever people; now that I am old, I admire kind people." I stopped using it, though, because I can't find a source that affirms he said it, nor can I find a consistent form that it takes. Have you seen it anywhere?
Show threadColin WatsonNov 17, 2022
@pineboxtx @marcusghalley I don't know whether it was in any of his own publications, but perhaps the next best thing: R' Harold Kushner quotes him in exactly those words in _When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough_, saying that Heschel was his teacher.
Show threadCKA3KANov 17, 2022
@cjwatson @marcusghalley Go raibh maith agat, Colin! I'll have to give that one a read.
Show threadAppagal CrochetNov 26, 2022

@marcusghalley Ok, I love you guys... but if this were an ad for toothpaste it would read:

Our toothpaste is made with the strongest of acids! It is 5 times quicker at dissolving teeth than any sugar/soda pop on the planet! We know it burns and tastes awful which is what makes...

If you aren't that happy with your beliefs... then why are you still wearing the collar? If you like what you are doing, great... but the apologetics are not going to win you/your boss any new monetary 'souls.'