inimitable

"Almost any other apologetic for the Christian faith can be memorized, rehearsed, and delivered without effect except the apologetic of love. Love, which of its essence seeks only the good of others and is willing to pay the high price of self-forgetfulness is a product that is hard to imitate or counterfeit."

John Powell, S.J.

humble

“I am humble not because I want to be agreeable. I don’t accept being humble for tactical reasons. I am humble because I am incomplete. Just because of that. This is not because I need people to love me, though I need that people love me, but I don’t have to make any kind of trap for the love. Do you see?”
Paulo Freire

perichoresis

The model of relationships portrayed by the trinitarian dogma is neither hierarchical nor authoritarian. The relationship of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is not subordinationist, but – to use the technical term – perichoretic: God is essentially a dynamic communion of equally and mutually shared love. And this fact implies social impetus. Being made in the image of God calls for ethical and social consequences, it nurtures the spirit of solidarity. Of course, these consequences cannot be simply, mechanically transferred to the areas of human relationships. But they lead, or should lead, the confessor’s heart in an unambiguous direction – toward guarding the faith in the communion of creative love.

Jan Milic Lochman

obedience

Obedience is not the acknowledgement that an unintelligent being gives to an intelligent one. It is the compliment that a lover pays to a beloved. If obedience rested solely on the recognition of a superior intelligence, it would not last a week. We can always persuade ourselves that we know better...
Hubert van Zeller