Quotes About Communion

Science tells us much, but without an absolute communion, a thorough accord and responsive affinity between human soul and plant soul there never can be a thorough understanding of the nature of plants.

Por que se gosta de um autor? Gosta-se de um autor quando, ao lê-lo, tem-se a experiência de comunhão. Arte é isso: comunicar aos outros nossa identidade íntima com eles. Ao lê-lo eu me leio, melhor me entendo. Somos do mesmo sangue, companheiros no mesmo mundo. Não importa que o autor já tenha morrido há séculos... [...] Nasci neste tempo, mas minha alma ficou num lugar do passado que eu muito amei.

the good for a rational being is community. It was established long ago that we were born for community.

The Christian who walks with the Lord and keeps constant communion with Him will see many reason for rejoicing and thanksgiving all day long.

Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!

The greatest love story of all time is contained in a tiny white Host.

Contemplative prayer [oración mental] in my opinion is nothing else than a close sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with him who we know loves us.

Any time spent before the Eucharistic presence, be it long or short, is the best-spent time of our lives.

My friends, if we are going to do a great work for God, we must spend much time in prayer; we have got to be closeted with God.

Here on the island I find I can sit with a friend without talking, sharing the day's last sliver of pale green light on the horizon, or the whorls in a small white shell, or the dark scar left in a dazzling night sky by a shooting star. Then communication becomes communion and one is nourished as one never is by words.

This intimacy is not necessary; no one is compelling me to open my inmost self and lay it naked, undefended, against that of another – merely for the joy of the communion.

Prayer is - not just bowing your head a few times a day, it pervades all of life.

Our breath is connected to the air that every being breathes. By breathing consciously, we acknowledge our communion with all of life.

The increase of your grace and holiness depends on your acquaintance and communion with the God of grace.

meditation or consideration is a further inquisition into the truth. Set consideration at work and, not like brutes, suffer your eyes, ears, lusts, and senses to be your guides. But commune with your hearts, consider your ways, reflect on your actions, look to your end--which, if you did, you would not be so sensual, so sinful as you have been and are (Isa. 1:4).

Bonham walked down the line with a stack of sixpences and passed them out like a priest of mammon at unholy communion. Hands flashed like the tongues of lizards, deftly trousering the loot.

love reaches out to communicate, to share, to widen the realm of its own communion.

Effective prayer begins with recognizing that you are entering into the very presence of God for the purpose of building relationship with Him.

I have learned how blessed to my own soul is communion with Him, but who would have supposed that my communion was blessed to Christ! Yet it is. For this He still "thirsts." Grace enables us to offer that which refreshes Him.

A sword is like communion. It's appropriate to approach it with prepared body and soul.

A temple, first of all, is a place of prayer; and prayer is communion with God. It is the 'infinite in man seeking the infinite in God.' Where they find each other, there is holy sanctuary--a temple.

If citta is the sea, its movements (vrttis) are the ripples. Body, mind and consciousness are in communion with the soul; they are now free from attachments and aversions, memories of place and time. The impurities of body and mind are cleansed, the dawning light of wisdom vanquishes ignorance, innocence replaces arrogance and pride, and the seeker becomes the seer. Vibhuti

I was fascinated by all of it. The sounds of the theater and the audience, their rapture when a play took over and moved them and held them quietly... When the audience was truly moved, it was absolutely quiet. They were in a communion because they were learning the truth about themselves.

The truth is, when you want a great show, it's not 'entertaining' the audience - it's you sharing with them... an experience of communion.