Quotes About Spirituality

Protestants believe that the sacraments are like ladders that God gave to us by which we can climb up to Him. Catholics believe that they are like ladders that God gave to Himself by which He climbs down to us.

The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child home. They became saints because they continued to go after the little wanderer, like the Good Shepherd.

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.

So Seth lived a total of 912 years, and then he died.

So Jared lived a total of 962 years, and then he died.

And after he had become the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God 300 years and had other sons and daughters.

So Enoch lived a total of 365 years.

Enoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.

But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.

And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

So he came near and kissed him. When Isaac smelled his clothing, he blessed him and said: “Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the LORD has blessed.

Meanwhile Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran.

And Jacob had a dream about a ladder that rested on the earth with its top reaching up to heaven, and Godís angels were going up and down the ladder.

When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.”

And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

and he called that place Bethel, though previously the city had been named Luz.

Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”