Quotes About Communion

As we saw, Gilligan's work suggested that men tend to reason in terms of autonomy, rights, agency, justice, and ranking; and women in terms of relationship, care, responsibility, communion, and nonranking (with individual men and women capable of any of those across the whole spectrum).

First, we can pray in communion with the Church on earth and in heaven. Let us not underestimate the power of so many voices united in prayer!

All my weak days have a common cause - I have neglected communion with God through my neglect of the Scriptures & prayer. When will I learn?

I live in the spirit of prayer. I pray as I walk about, when I lie down and when I rise up. And the answers are always coming.

If we grow wiser and more learned in our intercourse with wise and learned persons, how much more will we gain in our inner life by communing with God in prayer.

The Mass is the most perfect form of prayer.

Answered prayer is the interchange of love between the Father and His child.

I never get out of bed in the morning without having communion with God in the Spirit.

The secret of praying is praying in secret.

If you have ever prayed in the dawn you will ask yourself why you were so foolish as not to do it always: it is difficult to get into communion with God in the midst of the hurly-burly of the day.

Prayer is not what is done by us, but rather what is done by the Holy Spirit in us.

The primary purpose of prayer is not to get something, but to know Someone.

Prayer is not getting things from God. That is a most initial stage; prayer is getting into perfect communion with God: I tell Him what I know He knows in order that I may get to know it as He does.

Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet.

...Prayer is not always petition, sometimes it is just communion. It is the exquisite ministry of friendship.

Mental prayer is nothing else but being on terms of friendship with God, frequently conversing in secret with Him.

Without loving and caring for others, most of us stand little chance of communing with God/the Divine Wisdom, no matter how many years we may spend in silent prayer.

The neglect of prayer is a grand hindrance to holiness.

Real prayer is communion with God

The true believer can no more live without prayer, than without food day by day.

It is not always those who have the most eminent gifts who are the most successful laborers for God. It is generally those who keep up closest communion with Christ and are most constant in prayer.

The Secret of Praying is Praying in Secret. The secret place of prayer calls for every faculty of mind and heart.

Jesus did not have a value for prayer for prayer's sake. He had a value for the intimate communion between God and man.

Avail yourself of the greatest privilege this side of heaven. Jesus Christ died to make this communion and communication with the Father possible.