Quotes about Presence

We live in a broken world; Jesus was honest enough to tell us we'd have trials and tribulations. Sure, I'd like to understand more about why. But Kreeft's conclusion was right--the ultimate answer is Jesus' presence. That sounds sappy, I know. But just wait--when your world is rocked, you don't want philosophy or theology as much as you want the reality of Christ. He was the answer for me. He was the very answer we needed.

The devil ought not to be in our line of vision but in our shadow.

We all need the pendulum swing of snatching spaces of solitude and serving tables of sociability. In fact, the more plugged in and connected we are, the more we need to unplug and disconnect. A world of presence needs a time of absence.

Worship is what you do when you've heard Jesus speak. A worship life is what you live when you walk with Jesus.

Christ does not say to me, "Be yourself." He says, "Be with me." BROTHER ROGER OF TAIZÉ

What do you mean?" they asked Jesus. "I mean this," he replied; and he took the bread, gave thanks, broke it into fragments, and shared those broken pieces with his disciples. And that piece, and those broken pieces, have been shared in every conceivable setting and played in every known language ever since. Faith is the gift of reading the signs of the presence of God. The point of reading signs is not the signs themselves, but the Signifier, Jesus the Christ.

The more we are the Presence of Christ for others, the more present we are for Christ to speak to us.

We are what we do with our attention."64

When God decided this world needed you, He created a village to surround you, and His presence is ever with you.

Make two homes for thyself, my daughter. One actual home . . . and the other a spiritual home which thou are to carry with thee always.

I, God, am in your midst. Whoever knows me can never fall. Not in the heights, nor in the depths, nor in the breadths. For I am love, which the vast expanses of evil can never still.

If you knew who walked beside you at all times, on the path that you have chosen, you could never experience fear or doubt again.