A Journey of Faith Quotes

“Ultimately gratitude is a gift to oneself. Voltaire said it best: 'Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers

“The now is where our faith intersects with our lives, where each day is another step on that journey of faith.”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers

“Perhaps you feel as if you are being tested. But never forget that even in the throes of that feeling you are loved by God and saved by that love. So is your mother. All He asks is that we love each other. All you can do now for your mother is pray for her. Prayer is the greatest form of love, for yourself, for others, for God. With prayer you are never powerless, and never alone.”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers

“Can love too travel distance similarly? The love of two people joined, the love of people at a distance, the love from heaven, the love from God. Does the velocity of love cover all distance in different ways?”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers

“Was a miracle just a matter of luck? Or did faith itself bring healing? Could love of God help free one from suffering or grant one the grace to bear it? A deliverance rather than an old-fashioned Biblical healing. Is love the one miracle we always have?”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers

“Prayer," she said, "is not really about the prayer, whatever you've been praying for. It's about trust, trust in your faith, trust you are being heard, trust that you are not alone. Prayer is about trust more than answers. Sometimes it is the only healthy way to channel your anger. ... Anger is fear turned inside out.”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers

“As I sat on a bench in Stuyvesant Park gazing at the fountain I thought about the nature of miracles. Miracles of science like the MRI machine I'd just spent some time in. The miracle of a lost man being looked over by the angels. The miracle of a tree that's grown for over 200 years. All around us are miracles if we merely open our eyes to God's grace and glory. ... the words of St. Augustine. 'Miracles are not a contradiction to nature. They are only in contradiction with what we know of nature.”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers

“She said a prayer for patience. Sometimes I wonder if that's the prayer God hears from us most.”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers

“Faith. So much of our lives pivot on this one fundamental, spiritual truth. Without it we are adrift. Sometimes faith is the question, sometimes it is the answer, and sometimes it is both.”
― Edward Grinnan, A Journey of Faith: A Mother's Alzheimer's, A Son's Love, and His Search for Answers