Patience with God Quotes

“Mystery, unlike a mere dilemma, cannot be overcome; one must wait patiently at its threshold and persevere in it—must carry it in one's heart—just as Jesus's mother did according to the Gospel, and allow it to mature there and lead one in turn to maturity.”
― Tomáš Halík, Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing In Us

“The only person capable of addressing Zacchaeus, however, is someone for whom those people hidden in the branches of a fig tree are not strangers or aliens—someone who doesn't disdain them, who has concern for them, someone who can respond to what happens in their hearts and minds.”
― Tomáš Halík, Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing In Us

“In the spirit of Paul the apostle, we should not ask for the body of Christianity to be freed from the thorn of atheism. That thorn should instead constantly awaken our faith from the complacency of false certainties, so that we rely more on the power of grace—a grace that shows itself most in our times of weakness.”
― Tomáš Halík, Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing In Us

“Truth happens in the course of dialogue. There is always a temptation to allow our answers to bring to an end the process of searching, as if the topic of the conversation was a problem that has now been solved. But when a fresh question arrives, the unexhausted depths of mystery show through once more. Let it be said over and over again: faith is not a question of problems but of mystery, so we must never abandon the path of seeking and asking. Yes,”
― Tomáš Halík, Patience with God: The Story of Zacchaeus Continuing In Us