Quotes About Presence

In contemplative prayer we seek to become the person we are called to be, not by thinking of God, but by being with God. Simply to be with God is to be drawn into being the person God calls us to be

When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

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

When a man has found the Lord, he no longer has to use words when he is praying, for the Spirit Himself will intercede for him with groans that cannot be uttered.

We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity.

Prayer is a grace through which we pour ourselves out before God and through which He calls us into His presence.

Prayer is not so much a way to find God as a way of resting in him...who loves us, who is near to us.

So my hope and prayer is that people will be impacted by the realization that miracles are everywhere and that God uses them to communicate to us that we're not alone, and that we do have help.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone or seated in your shop ... while buying or selling ... or even while cooking.

God dwells where we let God in.

Only when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel.

Prayer is simply coming into the presence of God. Because when you come into the presence of God, even the things you don't have matter a lot less.

In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day's business.

Prayer is nothing else than a sense of God's presence

No prayer is complete without presence.

Hurry is the death of Prayer.

Prayer in secret is life finding expression in the realized Presence of God our Father.

Prayer is the little implement through which men reach; where presence is denied them.

You don't need a formal prayer or invocation to call the angels to your side. Simply think, 'Angels, please surround me,' and they are there.

Nowhere does Jesus hear our prayers more readily than in the Blessed Sacrament

Feel your prayers, feel your mantra and you will feel God.

Prayer is, for me, like that - a state of being together with God. It's not usually triggered by liturgy or special needs. It's more like what the Bible instructs us to do: Pray without ceasing.

Look at Him while He is looking at you.