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 REFLECTIONS ON SEEKING GOD WITH OUR WHOLE HEART

"What is it to be a Christian? It is to have Christ dwelling in us, to be united to Him, to be made one with Him."  ~ St. John Chrysostom (c. 347–407)

St. Augustine of Hippo (354 - 430) "You have made us for Yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in You."

"The Lord sends long trials to those He loves most, for only through them does the soul shed its vanities. In this painful pruning, the interior castle grows radiant, fit to receive His majesty."  ~ Teresa of Ávila (1515–1582)

"Withdraw yourself from all unnecessary cares and business, that you may attend to the one thing necessary, the service of your soul and its union with God."  ~ Thomas à Kempis (1380 - 1471)

"Jesus said, "When you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you" ~ Matthew 6:6

"Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, Who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself. God bought you at a high price."~ I Corinthians 6:19

"Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?"  ~ I Corinthians 3:16

"The soul, abandoning itself to God in a silence of all its own activities, enters into a state of pure love, where the heart, purified by this rest, is united with the Divine. In this inward stillness, it beholds the beauty of God’s presence, not with the eyes of the mind, but with the love of the heart."  ~ Madame Jeanne-Marie Guyon, 1648-1717

 "Withdraw yourself from all unnecessary cares and business, that you may attend to the one thing necessary, the service of your soul and its union with God."  ~ Thomas à Kempis (1380 - 1471)

 "Sing to the Lord a new song; sing with your lives, not just your tongues."  ~ St. Augustine





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