There was a patient who sat with her family in a circle around her, all holding hands. Sister Philomena asked if they would like to join her for prayers and they said yes, they would. They closed their eyes as Sister Philomena whispered the words and I thought this must be the nearest humans get to whatever God is, when they hold hands and listen. Rachel Joyce
I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: "Go down again - I dwell among the people.
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John Henry Newman
The great thing to remember is that though our feelings come and go God's love for us does not.
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C.s. Lewis
Down on the lake rosy reflections of celestial vapor appeared, and I said, "God, I love you" and looked to the sky and really meant it. "I have fallen in love with you, God. Take care of us all, one way or the other." To...
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Jack Kerouac
Let me tell you about love, that silly word you believe is about whether you like somebody or whether somebody likes you or whether you can put up with somebody in order to get something or someplace you want or you believe it has to...
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Toni Morrison
Love God and He will enable you to love others even when they disappoint you.
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Francine Rivers
More Quotes By Rachel Joyce
But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith.
The fact was, it was safer to stay uninvolved. He was perfectly fine with emotions, so long as they belonged to other people. Oh, he tried relationships after Peg's death, for a while he really tried, but he couldn't bear to get closed ... [it...
That was why Peg loved the Messiah best of all. Because it showed people they were not alone. No matter about their differences, the music lifted them up and lowered them down, only to raise them even higher. It worked like a spell.
Like music, said Peg. Even when it was over, it kept living inside you.
Jazz was about the spaces between notes. It was about what happened when you listened to the thing inside you. The gaps and the cracks. Because that was where life really happened, when you were brave enough to free-fall.
