Quotes about Becoming

This life therefore is not righteousness, but growth in righteousness, not health, but healing, not being but becoming, not rest but exercise. We are not yet what we shall be, but we are growing toward it, the process is not yet finished, but it is going on, this is not the end, but it is the road. All does not yet gleam in glory, but all is being purified.

The New Testament says the Word became flesh. Sacramental theology is all about discovering, in fear and trembling, how to allow that Word to go on becoming flesh.

Calling is not only a matter of being and doing what we are but also of becoming what we are not yet but are called by God to be.

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

Sometimes in churches somebody will discover a particular vein of spirituality and seek to recruit others into it, or assume a superior position because they have found certain techniques - but no one actually wants to become like them.

You do not have to wait until you become a saint. [Prayer] is the way to become a saint.

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

She was not herself--she was not anything. She was something that is going to be--soon--soon--very soon. But as yet, she was only imminent.

We are becoming who we will be—forever.

Life is a gift, and it offers us the privilege, opportunity, and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.

The best critique of what is wrong is the practice of something better. So let's stop complaining about the church we've experienced and work on becoming the church we dream of.