Quotes about Spirituality

When genuine love is released in a relationship, God's presence is manifest.

Life can be difficult, so have fun whenever you can to the glory of God.

True spirituality frees us to live joyfully in the present.

Our relationship with God and relationship with others are two sides of the same coin.

In neglecting our intense emotions, we are false to ourselves and lose a wonderful opportunity to know God. We forget that change comes through brutal honesty and vulnerability before God.

Each of us needs an opportunity to be alone and silent, or even, indeed, to find space in the day or in the week, just to reflect and to listen to the voice of God that speaks deep within us. . . . In fact, our search for God is only our response to his search for us. He knocks at our door, but for many people, their lives are too preoccupied for them to be able to hear. — Cardinal Basil Hume

Christian spirituality, without an integration of emotional health, can be deadly—to yourself, your relationship with God, and the people around you.

The critical issue on the journey with God is not "Am I happy?" but "Am I free?

Solitude is the practice of being absent from people and things to attend to God.

And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord's holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

In this journey of emotionally healthy spirituality, we are talking about radical change at the core of our being. At least two critical forces hinder such a profound shift. First, the pressure of others to keep us living lives that are not our own is enormous. And second, our own stubborn self-will is much deeper and more insidious than we think. The possibility of self-deception is so great that without mature companions we can easily fall into the trap of living in illusions.

Our churches are filled with "leaking" Christians who have not treated their emotions as a discipleship issue.