“Thanksgiving is the power that transforms desire and satisfaction, love and possession, into life, that fulfills everything in the world, given to us by God, into knowledge of God and communion with him.2” — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“work is ultimately to be about a finer attunement to the world as the place of God’s sustaining presence. With an awareness of God… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“The root of all sin is fear: the very deep fear that we are nothing; the compulsion, therefore, to make something of ourselves, to construct a self-flattering image of ourselves we can worship, to believe in ourselves – our fantasy selves. I think all sins are failures in being realistic; even the simple everyday sins of the flesh, that seem… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“If the experience of delight presupposes a sustained, patient, sympathetic, and affectionate embrace of the world, then the decline of delight will be preceded by the erosion of the practical conditions that make such an embrace possible. What trends and practices in culture work to undermine a loving regard for creatures and things, and how have these trends and practices… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share
“Thanksgiving is the power that transforms desire and satisfaction, love and possession, into life, that fulfills everything in the world, given to us by… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“To meet and know God people must therefore begin with a deep commitment to serve life as they meet it because this is where… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“We were created as celebrants of the sacrament of life, of its transformation into life in God, communion with God … [R]eal life is… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“The evidence of the early church suggests that the community of followers ate together regularly and often, and that in their eating they tried… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“The inability to understand the spiritual roots of gluttony (as the inability to sacrifice) or to appreciate a culture’s role in fostering this anxious… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“Fasting, in its most fundamental aspiration, is about developing a sacrificial, self-offering life that addresses and nurtures the needs of others.” — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
“To “remember Jesus” in their eating was not simply to recall a past event. It was to call on Jesus and invite him to… — Norman Wirzba Copy Share Image
![“We were created as celebrants of the sacrament of life, of its transformation into life in God, communion with God … [R]eal life is “eucharist,” a movement of love and adoration toward God, the movement in which alone the meaning and value of all that exists can be revealed and fulfilled … [I]n…” quote by Norman Wirzba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/515/norman-wirzba-41338_change_we-were-created-as-celebrants-of-the-sac_1707178.jpg)
