“A man had not yet given up everything for God as long as he holds on to the moneybag of his own opinions.” – Francis of Assisi
Category: Christian Mysticism
“To pray and actually mean “Thy Kingdom come,” we must also be able to say “my kingdoms go.” – Fr. Richard Rohr
“Every one of us is shadowed by an illusory person: a false self. This is the man I want myself to be but who cannot exist, because God does not know anything about him. And to be unknown of God is altogether too much privacy.” —Thomas Merton
“People of faith, in this moment, must decide: Shall we follow a dark-skinned Palestinian Jew, who cast his lot with those who had their backs against the wall, or will we march with the advisers of Herod, hoping our presence is enough to keep an arrogant Herod from harming all the Hebrew children?” – Otis Moses III, Senior Pastor Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago
“The love of God creates in us such a oneing that when it is truly seen, no person can separate themselves from another person.” —Julian of Norwich
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