“Much of our understanding of God's action in our lives in achieved in hindsight. When a particular crisis or event in our life has passed we cry out in astonishment like Jacob, 'The Lord is in this place and I never knew it.” ActionUnderstandingLordOur LivesEventsCryParticularCrisisHindsightJacobAstonishment Author:Sheila Cassidy
“It is precisely because we cannot see God that we can only know that our prayer is valid by the effect it has upon our lives, by the way we treat our neighbor.” KnowsWayPrayerOur LivesEffectsTreatsNeighborLive ByOur Prayers Author:Sheila Cassidy
“This conversion into prayer of our everyday joys, sorrows, hopes and desires is at first a conscious labor, but after a while it becomes second nature, so that converse with God becomes inextricably and wonderfully woven into the fabric of our lives.” FirstsJoyDesirePrayerOur LivesSorrowConsciousLaborEverydayConversionFabricWovenConverses Author:Sheila Cassidy
“Prayer, even more than eating or sleeping, is not a luxury but a necessity, and we are only fully human when we remember this and arrange our life accordingly.” HumansRememberPrayerSleepOur LivesEatingLuxury Author:Sheila Cassidy
