Communion Quotes

362 Communion quotes by 262 unique authors

Authentic faith leads us to treat others with unconditional seriousness and to a loving reverence for the mystery of the human personality. Authentic Christianity should… — Brennan Manning
Praying actualizes and deepens our communion with God. Our prayer can and should arise above all from our heart, from our needs, our hopes, our… — Pope Benedict XVI
Can you burn me up with holy water? Poke me to death with your crucifix? Pelt me with communion wafers? — MaryJanice Davidson
We ought to have lived in mental communion, and no more. — Thomas Hardy
Prayer does change things, all kinds of things. But the most important thing it changes is us. As we engage in this communion with God… — R C Sproul
There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Why does a literary scholar study the world of "fiction"? To show us that the facts can never be understood except in communion with the… — Parker J. Palmer
I have a strange feeling with regard to you. As if I had a string somewhere under my left ribs, tightly knotted to a similar… — Charlotte Bronte
A kiss, when all is told, what is it? An oath taken a little closer, a promise more exact. A wish that longs to be… — Edmond Rostand
...marriage is foremost a vocation. Two people are called together to fulfill a mission that God has given them. Marriage is a spiritual reality. That… — Henri Nouwen
We laughed a lot and I grew warmer still, lovely and warm. I do realize that some of that warmth was due to the wine,… — Franny Billingsley
The thing that you are too young to understand is that we all hide things. We hide them from our lovers because we wish to… — Cassandra Clare
If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He will see to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It shall be my pleasure to remedy it. First, it is not your strength or your speed that draws me. It's your...everything. Your laugh, your… — Gena Showalter
No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously resisting or disobeying… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The deepest of level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless ... beyond speech ... beyond concept. — Thomas Merton
All love craves unity. As the highest peak of love in the human order is the unity of husband and wife in the flesh, so… — Fulton J. Sheen
Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone, and the only one who seeks… — Octavio Paz
They were still in the happier stages of love. They were full of brave illusions about each other, tremendous illusions, so that the communion of… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
The man who is unable to people his solitude is equally unable to be alone in a bustling crowd. The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege… — Charles Baudelaire
I will tell you why we have these extraordinary minds and souls, Miss Whittaker," he continued, as though he had not heard her. "We have… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Closet communion needs time for the revelation of God's presence. It is vain to say, "I have too much work to do to find time."… — Arthur Tappan Pierson
There's a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk. — M.F.K. Fisher
In what a delightful communion with God does that man live who habitually seeketh love! With the same mantle thrown over him from the cross… — Elias Lyman Magoon
Only in truth does charity shine forth, only in truth can charity be authentically lived. Truth is the light that gives meaning and value to… — Pope Benedict XVI

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