Sep 02, 2005 12:18
If our minds are stayed upon God, His peace will rule the affairs
entertained by our minds. If, on the other hand, we allow our minds to
dwell on the cares of this world, God's peace will be far from our
thoughts.
-Woodroll Kroll
"Lord, I believe; help my unbelief" is the most natural and most human
and most agonizing prayer in the gospels, and I think it is the
foundation prayer of faith.
-Flannery O'Connor
Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.
-St. Francis of Assisi
We must remember that God loved us first, and that our religion is
truly a love affair between God and us, us and God; it is not merely a
system of morals and dogmas.
-Catherine Doherty
To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.
-Søren Kierkegaard