Prayer Quotes

“The resurrection tells us it is never too late. Every so often we will be surprised. We must believe that the stone will be rolled back, and we must be ready to poke out our timid heads, take off the linen bindings of death, and walk free for a time, breathing resurrection air.”
― Ronald Rolheiser, Prayer: Our Deepest Longing

“You must try to pray so that, in your prayer, you open yourself in such a way that sometime—perhaps not today, but sometime—you are able to hear God say to you, “I love you!” These words, addressed to you by God, are the most important words you will ever hear because, before you hear them, nothing is ever completely right with you, but after you hear them, something will be right in your life at a very deep level.”
― Ronald Rolheiser, Prayer: Our Deepest Longing

“Near the end of our lives, many of us struggle to move beyond the death of our dreams, beyond how we have been wounded and cheated, and beyond all the resentments that come with aging.”
― Ronald Rolheiser, Prayer: Our Deepest Longing

“we spend the last half of our lives struggling with forgiveness and anger. That anger is often, however unconsciously, focused on God. In the end, our real struggle is with God.”
― Ronald Rolheiser, Prayer: Our Deepest Longing

“In Scripture, the opposite of faith is not doubt but anxiety.”
― Ronald Rolheiser, Prayer: Our Deepest Longing

“Long before that, we are shamed at a deeper level. We are shamed in our enthusiasm. We are made to feel guilty, naïve, and humiliated about our very pulse for life and about our very trust of each other. Long before we are ever told that sex is bad, or that our body isn’t quite right, or that we have failed in our duty somewhere, we are told we are bad because we are so trusting and enthusiastic.”
― Ronald Rolheiser, Prayer: Our Deepest Longing

“Our Shame and”
― Ronald Rolheiser, Prayer: Our Deepest Longing