Quotes about Presence

When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.

Conscience is God present in man.

Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it's habited.

Let us come alive to the splendor that is all around us and see the beauty in ordinary things.

A queen, devoid of beauty is not queen; She needs the royalty of beauty's mien.

Her beauty climbed the rolling slope, it came into the room, rustling ghost-like through the curtains.

The best way to prepare for the coming of Christ is never to forget the presence of Christ.

Astonishing material and revelation appear in our lives all the time. Let it be. Unto us, so much is given. We just have to be open for business.

Dying without actually fully living, without waking up to our lives while we have the chance, is an ongoing and significant risk.

We can regard ourselves as already awake; we can regard our world as already sacred.

The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why he gives us dryness, sufferings, and failures.

Prayer is not only conversation, it is transformation. It is not only light, it is fire. And the closer you get to Him, the hotter the fire gets. Words begin to melt. The first word that melts in His presence is the word 'I.' That is His unique name. The closer you get to Him, the harder it is to begin a sentence with 'I.' It melts in the fire of 'thou.