To love what is below the human is degradation; to love what is human for the sake of the human is mediocrity; to love the human for the sake of the Divine is enriching; to love the Divine for its own sake is sanctity.
Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
Religion is not a method, it is a life, a higher and supernatural life, mystical in its root and practical in its fruits; a communion with God, a calm and deep enthusiasm, a love which radiates, a force which acts, a happiness which overflows.
Not he that adorns but he that adores makes a divinity.
For the person who loves God, worship is the daily bread of patience.
This Christianity is not a cultural thing. It is not something that should be just a small part of your life; it is not something that you do on Sunday... Christianity is not about you being just like the world all the time and then coming to church on Sunday. If that is your Christianity... you are not Christian.
The immensity of His worth is reflected in the intensity of your worship.
Love is the Song of the Soul singing to God.
My aim each day is to adore God more than anything else.
He who comes to take the love of God can have no taste for the love of the world.
If you want to be holy then you must give time to God and not just intend to.
People for whom art is religion can say, "What I love about art is that it points to a higher reality." Well, fine, but the time comes when the smart thing for such a person to do is to let go of the fun of the art and get into the hard work of attaining and understanding that higher reality, unmixed with worldly games.
Worship is our response to the overtures of love from the heart of the Father. Its central reality is found 'in spirit and truth.' It is kindled within us only when the Spirit of God touches our human spirit.
Worship is basically adoration, and we adore only what delights us. There is no such thing as sad adoration or unhappy praise.
We, however, place the love of God and His honour above our own and above the acquisition of many regions
Devotees are not impressed by the poverty or wealth in material sense in any way; what impresses is devotion.
If the Lord is to be Lord, worship must have priority in our lives. The divine priority is worship first, service second.
Worship is God's way of giving us an opportunity to shift our focus from our own concerns, problems, and circumstances to the way things are in heaven.
God, I pray light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn up for thee.
Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.
Art rests on a kind of religious sense, on a deep, steadfast earnestness; and on this account it unites so readily with religion.
Worshiping someone means...placing that person outside of our world. We are not worshiping anyone or anything, we are simply communing with Creation.
The business and method of mysticism is love.
Father, show me how to praise Thee When I seek Thy courts to-day; Guide me by Thy love, and raise me -- Let me feel the words I say. Bless me on this hallowed morning, Bid my soul to Thee draw near; Teach me, and my heart shall listen -- Speak, Lord, and Thy child shall hear.
When I have learned to love God better than my earthly dearest, I shall love my earthly dearest better than I do now.
