Quotes About Spirituality

Perhaps it was only that the sense of reaching out to something larger than yourself gives you some feeling that there is something larger - and there really has to be, because plainly you aren't sufficient to the situation.

He thought of such places in a way that had no words, only recognizing one when he came to it. He might have called it holy, save that the feel of such a place had nothing to do with church or saint. It was simply a place he belonged to be, and that was sufficient.

If God makes man in His image, we all return the favor.

Put your trust in God, and pray for guidance. And when in doubt, eat." A Franciscan monk had once given me that advice, and on the whole, I had found it useful.

That is what God is for. Worry doesna help—prayer does. Sometimes

And when my body shall cease, my soul will still be yours. Claire—I swear by my hope of heaven, I will not be parted from you." [...] Nothing is lost, Sassenach; only changed." That's the first law of thermodynamics," I said, wiping my nose. No," he said. "That's faith.

It was what you did when someone died; turned toward God and at least acknowledge the fact.

Some people can leave their bodies and travel miles away," she said, staring meditatively at the page. "Other people see them out wandering, and recognize them, and ye can bloody prove they were really tucked up safe in bed at the time. I've seen the records, all the eyewitness testimony. Some people have stigmata ye can see and touch—I've seen one. But not everybody. Only certain people." She

But we do not fear silence, for often God speaks loudest in the quiet of our hearts." And

you understood why people have always looked up into the sky when talking to God. You need to feel the immensity of something very much bigger than yourself, and there it is—immeasurably vast, and always near at hand. Covering you.

May God make safe to me each step, May God make open to me each pass, May God make clear to me each road, And may He take me in the clasp of His own two hands.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

But we do not fear silence, for often God speaks loudest in the quiet of our hearts.

We believe the light of Christ is present in all men—though in some cases, perceiving it is somewhat difficult

Perhaps it was only that the sense of reaching out to something larger than yourself gives you some feeling that there is something larger—and there really has to be, because plainly you aren't sufficient to the situation. I surely wasn't. Ian

O Lord, bless the blood and the flesh of this the creature that You gave me," Jamie said softly. He scooped a pinch of the herbs himself, and rubbed them between thumb and forefinger, in a rain of fragrant dust. "Created by Your hand as You created man,  Life given for life.  That me and mine may eat with thanks for the gift,  That me and mine may give thanks for Your own sacrifice of blood and flesh,  Life given for life.

That is what God is for. Worry doesna help – prayer does. Sometimes,' he added honestly.

therefore you have little guidance other than your own conscience and the hand of God. I cannot tell you what you should do, or not do.

But Ã¢â'¬Â¦ do you actually do anything?" I asked. "Er, pray, I mean?" "I? Well," he said slowly, "I sit, and I look at Him." A wide smile stretched the fine-drawn lips. "And He looks at me.

I? Well," he said slowly, "I sit, and I look at Him." A wide smile stretched the fine-drawn lips. "And He looks at me.

May God make safe to me each step,             May God make open to me each pass,             May God make clear to me each road,             And may He take me in the clasp of His own two hands.

If thee thinks the spirit of God is necessarily logical, thee know Him better than I do.

He had enough experience in the business of prayer to recognize an answer when it showed up, though, however unwelcome.

flames ... sprouting in the thatch like the tongues of the Holy Ghost, while the fire within roared its prayers for the damned.