Quotes about Communion
Jesus didn't say, 'Blessed are those who care for the poor.' He said, 'Blessed are we where we are poor, where we are broken.' It is there that God loves us deeply and pulls us into deeper communion with himself.
- Henri Nouwen
Will I find spiritual communion with God sweet enough, and hope in his promises deep enough, not just to cope, but to flourish and rejoice in him?
- John Piper
Too much attention to a particular sin or sins, and/or too little attention to communion with God (two things that often occur in tandem) inevitably shrivel the soul of a Christian.
- Donald Whitney
To be a Christian and to pray are one and the same thing; it is a matter that cannot be left to our caprice. It is a need, a kind of breathing necessary to life.
- Karl Barth
From this moment on, live the Eucharist fully; be persons for whom the Holy Mass, Communion, and Eucharistic adoration are the center and summit of their whole life.
- Pope John Paul II
The Christian life is not about all the things we do for God--it's about being loved by Him, loving Him in return, and walking in intimate union and communion with Him.
- Nancy Leigh DeMoss
God, and she was changed. As commentator Matthew Henry eloquently described this scene, "Those who, through grace, are brought to experience the delights of communion with God will say that the one-half was not told them of the pleasures of Wisdom's ways."26
- Liz Curtis Higgs
From the Eucharist comes strength to live the Christian life and zeal to share that life with others
- Pope John Paul II
I derived my strength from daily mass and communion.
- Vince Lombardi
Communion with Christ gives us our strength, our joy, and our love.
- Mother Teresa
Strength comes from solitude, a waiting, a communion with the best in us, which is at one with the divine spark.
- Elbert Hubbard
The regenerate man loves God, loves holiness, loves the Bible, loves the godly, and loves the thought of going to heaven to commune with God and to leave sin behind forever.
- Joel Beeke