Quotes about Spirituality

The effect of our sharing in the body and blood of Christ is to change us into what we receive. ~

What we could never become by strength, stamina, and a will of steel—which we lack anyway—we become by the grace of God.

they can still think of their daily work as an offering, their desk or anvil or stovetop as an "altar" to God, and they can still offer their work

From the beginning God created us with that radical freedom: to choose him, or to choose ourselves instead.

All of us are called to share God's life, and we must face our ordeal and choose God freely.

Our identification with Christ is a permanent thing; our communion with Christ is as constant as the state of grace in our souls. You and I are the Church; that is our

The Mass, it seems, is like the Normandy invasion in the spiritual realm.

The two-tiered spirituality created an artificial separation between the clergy and the laity—and thus between the Church and the world.

A good meditation, even when it is interrupted by occasional nodding, is much more beneficial than many outward religious exercises.

Spiritually good people, pure in heart, who long for the Blessed Sacrament but cannot receive at the time, can receive spiritually... even a hundred times a day, in sickness and in health, with immeasurable grace and profit.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

Often God will send us what we need in a package we don't want. Why? To let us know He's God and we cannot second-guess Him. We cannot search for answers merely with our heads; we must seek Him and His provision with our hearts. Scripture cannot be interpreted from our limited human mental understanding. There must be a breath of the Spirit of God. He alone gives wise counsel and correct application.