Quotes about Invocation

Catholic priest Desiderius Erasmus coined the Latin phrase vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit. Translation: "Bidden or not bidden, God is here.

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you¦. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.

A Psalm of David. I call upon You, O LORD; come quickly to me. Hear my voice when I call to You.

Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the God of truth, and whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the God of truth. For the former troubles will be forgotten and hidden from My sight.

And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”

The most powerful movement of feeling with a liturgy is the prayer which seeks for nothing special, but is a yearning to escape from the limitations of our own weakness and an invocation of all Good to enter and abide with us.

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.

Vocatus atque non vocatus, Deus aderit, "Invoked or not invoked, God is still present."*3