Sacred Presence Quotes

The future remains uncertain and so it should, for it is the canvas upon which we paint our desires. Thus always the human condition faces a beautifully empty canvas. We possess only this moment in which to dedicate ourselves continuously to the sacred presence which we share and create.

We are always in the presence of God, yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense.

What is a god? A god is a personification of a motivating power of a value system that functions in human life and in the universe.

God above all.

God is near you, is with you, is inside you.

We must pray to Jesus to give us that tenderness of the Eucharist.

How many there are who still say, 'I want to see His shape, His image, His clothing, His sandals.' Behold, you do see Him, you touch Him, you eat Him! You want to see His clothing. He gives Himself to you, not just to be seen but to be touched, to be eaten, to be received within .... Let all of you be ardent, fervent, enthusiastic. If the Jews stood, shoes on, staff in hand, and eating in haste, how much more vigilant should you be. They were about to go to Palestine; ... you are about to go to heaven.

If God be near a church, it must pray. And if he be not there, one of the first tokens of his absence will be a slothfulness in prayer.

Each Warrior of the Light contains within him the spark of God.

Jesus is the very concrete truth revealing and standing in for the universal truth.

The miracle of Jesus is himself, not what he said or did.

Don't equate the presence of God with a good mood or a pleasant temperament. God is near whether you are happy or not.

The true Church is not an institution to be kept apart from the world because the world "is common and unclean," but a vital heart of truth and love, beating with the life of Jesus, and sending abroad its sanctifying pulsations until nothing shall be common and unclean.

Virtually every spiritual tradition teaches that your higher self is the presence of God within you.

You need seek God neither below or above.He is no farther away than the door of the heart.

Every being is a spark of the Divine, or God. Look into the eyes of the dog and sense that innermost core. When you are present, you can sense the spirit, the one consciousness, in every creature and love it as yourself.

Christ does not inhabit buildings or a certain atmosphere; in fact, the very heavens cannot contain Him. Rather, He is manifested through our obedient, sanctified bodies-His temples.

When I stand up to talk, people listen to me; they will follow what I have to say. Is it any power of mine? Of course not. St. Paul says, 'What have you that you have not received and you who have received, why do you glory as if you had not?' But the secret of my power is that I have never in fifty-five years missed spending an hour in the presence of our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. That's where the power comes from. That's where sermons are born. That's where every good thought is conceived.

My Jesus! What a lovable contrivance this holy Sacrament was - that You would hide under the appearance of bread to make Yourself loved and to be available for a visit by anyone who desires You!

If ever you are to be visited by the Holy Ghost, you should make certain you're sitting beside a fireman.

It feels like God visits everywhere else, but lives in Africa.

I know there is a higher being and I respect that force.

There is a divinity within our breast.

When the Divine descends, you just accommodate.

The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.