Quotes About Presence

Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear - nothing is missing.

It is [children] who are God's presence, promise and hope for mankind.

The God of Israel is sometimes a God who hides Himself, but never a God who absents Himself; sometimes in the dark, but never at a distance.

Find god - he isn't hiding from you, you're hiding from him.

By dialogue, we let God be present in our midst, for as we open ourselves to one another, we open ourselves to God.

The God of the incarnation is more domestic than monastic.

Answer on being asked her opinion of Christ's presence in the Sacrament. 'Twas God the word that spake it, He took the Bread and brake it; And what the word did make it That I believe, and take it.

The presence of God calms the soul, and gives it quiet and repose.

I believe that God knows what each of us wants and needs. It's not necessary for us to make it to church on Sunday to reach Him. You can find Him anyplace.

The God we serve will make His presence known, when you praise

Meditation is a way of slowing down so as to descend into the depths of yourself in the present moment, where God lies waiting to grant you a deep experience of your eternal oneness with God.

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence.

We are not called to be safe, we are simply promised that when we are in danger, God is right there with us. And there is no better place to be than in His hands.

If we must "feel" God's presence before we believe he is with us, we again reduce God to our ability to grasp him, making him an idol instead of acknowledging him as God.

Once you are in communion with God, you have the eyes to see and the ears to hear other people in whom God has also found a dwelling place.

Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate, and in the company of God's angels; God walked and did talk with him. He heard the voice, and beheld the presence of God.

The best of it all is, God is with us.

Pleasures are manifestations of God's name.

That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD's Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing to quit His conversation, to think of trifles and fooleries.

I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to matter.

Where there is nothing, there is God.

If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only feel at your ease when you are far from Him.

The realization of God's presence is the one sovereign remedy against temptation.

God's people, in God's place, under God's rule