Quotes About Connection

Scripture is so clear that love for God must translate into love for those closest to us.2

When I embrace God for who He is and I understand who I am—when I know God's place, I can know my place—then things start to fall into place.

Finding God often happens in the midst of a community—with a "we" as often as an "I.

Gratitude, peace, and joy are ways that God communicates with us. During these times, we are feeling a real connection with God, though we might not initially identify it as such. The key insight is accepting that these are ways that God is communicating with us. That is, the first step involves a bit of trust.

It is impossible to experience a person's life, or to be compassionate, if you do not listen to the person or if you do not ask questions.

What kind of relationship do you have if you never carve out time for the other person? One that is superficial and unsatisfying for both parties. That's why prayer, or intentional time with God, is important if you want a relationship, a friendship, with God.

the beginning of the path to finding God is awareness. Not simply awareness of the ways that you can find God, but an awareness that God desires to find you.

basically, we pray because we love God. Father Barry writes, "The primary motive for prayer is love, first the love of God for us and then the arousal of our love for God."3 We pray to come

Prayer is the raising of one's mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.2

Maybe one reason that the work seems dull is because you're not bringing it up before God in prayer,

do not analyze or argue it, describe or define it—I am one with it.

Looking at our personal relationships can help us get our prayer life in order.

being present." Once you are present to what you are saying, you express it differently, and as a result it sounds different

mine what we know about human relationships for ways to understand our relationship with God.

Occasionally during prayer, when I catch myself daydreaming, I say to myself, "You're speaking with God! Pay attention!

Then, when you sit in the chair, you're reminded, often in a surprising way, that God is gazing upon you and is with you in your prayer.

Knowing God is more important than knowing about God.

Joy is not simply a fleeting feeling or an evanescent emotion; it is a deep-seated result of of one's connection of God.

Not only do I have good friends, but I also have friends who are good.

Because people understand that the diocese is trying to help the members of that group feel more connected to their church, the church they belong to by virtue of their baptism.

But it was true. I was constantly surprised how the storied names of biblical locales popped up in the most familiar of circumstances: on a simple map, on a graffitied street sign, or in everyday conversations. "The traffic to Bethlehem was terrible last night!" said a Jesuit over dinner one night. Which still didn't beat "Gehenna is lovely.

Our souls recognize God because they were created by God.

how do I find God?

being spiritual and being religious are both part of being in relationship with God. Neither can be fully realized without the other.