Contemplative Provocations Quotes

“Only the silent hear and those who do not remain silent do not hear.” —Josef Pieper”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“The voice of Jesus that speaks in the gospel pages is the same voice that hides in the language of divine silence. But if we do not hear the one, we are unlikely to hear the other.”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“There are no mirrors in heaven—nor, for that matter, in the possession of those who love God with intensity in this life.”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“The soul’s desire is fulfilled by the very fact of its remaining unsatisfied, for really to see God is never to have had one’s fill of desiring him.” —Saint Gregory of Nyssa”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“Ordinarily, God is asking not for a heroism that will be admired by others, but for the self-effacement of an unnotable fidelity, a perseverance that draws no eyes. He”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“Catholic doctrinal truth and sound spirituality are companions. They”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“The truth of God as still unknown cuts like the blade of a knife the sinews of the mind.”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“While God is the ultimate truth to be sought, it is difficult to experience a need for him while keeping steady companionship with a computer. By”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“Having spiritual courage cannot mean overpowering trials. It means accepting that some trials do not pass lightly but rather take up a permanent residence in our lives and age along with us. The courage then is not in determining to put up a tough-minded fight. It is in conceding to divine providence the sovereign right to return in various guises of discomfort to draw our deeper submission to the divine will.”
― Fr. Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“If we find ourselves in a malaise with God we do well to seek the company of a tabernacle. Those”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God

“a concealed presence is his manner of keeping companionship. His disguises are his way of manifesting fidelity and love.”
― Donald Haggerty, Contemplative Provocations: Brief, Concentrated Observations on Aspects of a Life with God