Quotes about Divine
My point is this: When I know that the world around me is both the hiding place and the revelation of God, I can no longer make a significant distinction between the natural and the supernatural, between the holy and the profane.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
This realization that Someone is living in us and through us is exactly how we plug into a much larger mind and heart beyond our own.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Endless theorizing, the taking of sides, and opinions about which we could be right or wrong, trumped and toppled the universally available gift of the Divine Indwelling, the real "incarnation" which still has the power to change the world.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
For some few, the split is seemingly overcome in the person of Jesus; but for more and more people, union with the divine is first experienced through the Christ: in nature, in moments of pure love, silence, inner or outer music, with animals, a sense of awe, or some kind of "Brother Sun and Sister Moon" experience. Why? Because creation itself is the first incarnation of Christ, the primary and foundational "Bible" that revealed the path to God. The
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Only presence can know presence. And our real presence can know Real Presence.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Measure not God's love and favour by your own feeling. The sun shines as clearly in the darkest day as it does in the brightest. The difference is not in the sun, but in some clouds which hinder the manifestation of the light thereof.
— Richard Sibbes
only God's Spirit can raise the conscience with comfort above guilt, because he only is greater than the conscience.
— Richard Sibbes
If God only used perfect people, nohting would get done. God will use anybody if you're available.
— Rick Warren
God never does anything accidentally...
— Rick Warren
Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.
— Rick Warren
God is never in a hurry, but he is always on time.
— Rick Warren
Prayer lets you speak to God; meditation lets God speak to you. Both are essential to becoming a friend of God.
— Rick Warren