Quotes about Presence

The feeling remains that God is on the journey, too.

Ce n'est pas pour rester dans le ciboire d'or qu'il descend chaque jour du ciel, mais afin de trouver un autre ciel: le ciel de notre âme où il prend ses délices.

I have read in the Gospel that the Good Shepherd leaves the faithful ones of His flock in the desert to hasten after the lost sheep. This confidence touches me deeply. You see He is sure of them. How could they stray away? They are prisoners of Love. In like manner does the Beloved Shepherd of our souls deprive us of the sweets of His Presence, to give His consolations to sinners

Where is God in suffering? He's in it with us, and in it for us.

But if we have the energy of compassion and loving kindness in us, the people around us will be influenced by our way of being and living.

People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child — our own two eyes. All is a miracle.

My actions are my only true belongings.

And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.

If thou seekest Jesus in all things, thou shalt surely find Jesus.

Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.

VISIBILITY - You've got to find a way to make people know you're there

I knew only one thing which I have learned well by now : love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. it find its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.