“If we are absolutely grounded in the absolute love of God that protects us from nothing even as it sustains us in all things, then we can face all things with courage and tenderness and touch the hurting places in others and in ourselves with love.” IfsLoveGodFacesHurtProtectAll ThingsAbsolutesGod LoveProtectedTendernessGroundedSustainingAbsolute Love Author:James Finley
“Loneliness is the fundamental force that urgees mystics to a deeper union with God... An experience of God quenches this thirst for the absolute but at the same time, paradoxiacally, whets it, because this is an experience that can never be total; by necessity, the knowledge of God is always partial. So loneliness opens up mystics to a desire to love each other and every human being as God loves them.” HumansDesireForceHuman BeingsLonelinessAbsolutesFundamentalsUnionsDeeperGod LoveThirstLove Each OtherKnowledge Of GodQuench Author:Jean Vanier
“My children, mark me. I pray you. Know! God loves my soul so much that his very life and being depend upon his loving me, whether he would or no. To stop God loving me would be to rob him of his Godhood; for God is love no less than he is truth; as he is good, so is he love as well. It is the absolute truth, as God lives... If anyone would ask me what God is, I should answer: God is love, and so altogether lovely that creatures all with one accord essay to love his loveliness, whether they do so knowingly or unbeknownst, in joy or sorrow.” IfsKnowsShouldWellsChildrenSoulWould BeJoyAsksAnswersDependsPrayingSorrowCreaturesMarkAbsolutesLovelyMy SoulGod LoveAsk MeMy ChildrenEssaysI PrayKnowing GodAccordLoving GodAbsolute TruthGod Is LoveLovelinessGod LifeLoving Me Author:Meister Eckhart
“I concluded that an active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might therefore reflect the love of God in a way comparable to marriage, if and only if it had the about it the same character of absolute covenanted faithfulness.” PeopleIfsWayYearsTwoCharacterMightSexPrayerStudyAbsolutesActiveConclusionGod LoveFaithfulnessIfs And Author:Rowan Williams
“If our testimonies are strong onthis point and if we feel the absolute assurance that God loves us, we will change our questons. We won't ask, 'Why did this happen?' or 'Why doesn't God care about me?' Instead, our questions will become, 'What can I learn from this experience?' or 'How does the Lord want me to handle this?” IfsWantFeelsDoeHappensCareAsksStrongLordAbsolutesAdversityHandleGod LoveWant MeTestimonyAssuranceGod Loves Us Author:John Bytheway
“Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest good. He who loves has somehow discovered the meaning of ultimate reality. He who hates does not know God; he who hates has no knowledge of God. Love is the supreme unifying principle of life.” KnowsLifeDoeRealityHateLove IsPrinciplesMankindSurvivalHighestUltimateAbsolutesConvincedSupremeGod LoveKnowing GodKnowledge Of GodUnifyingUltimate Reality Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, than falling in love in a quite absolute, final way......What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything....Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.” WayLoveGodInspirationChristianFaithFallImaginationReligiousFindingsAbsolutesCatholicFalling In LoveTrue LoveFinalsChristian InspirationalPracticalsGod LoveBeing In LoveCommitment To GodDeep LoveIntimacy With GodWhen You Love SomeoneJesus LoveMeaning Of LoveAmazing LoveI Love JesusFinding GodI Love God Author:Pedro Arrupe