“When we reach the silver sands and plunge into the great sea of God's silence, we begin to understand that he alone is God — Lover, Friend, the totality of gentleness, peace and rest. He calls us and we cannot resist that call. We have to be alone with him. It is a necessity, it is a hunger. It has been said that prayer is a hunger. But this Christ walks with loneliness and rejection, and so must we.”
“I go to my past in order to discern the future.”
Catherine Doherty
“To pass through the door that leads to God's kingdom, we must go down on our knees.”
Catherine Doherty
“Lord, give bread to the hungry, and hunger for you to those who have bread.”
Catherine Doherty
“Pain is the kiss of Christ.”
Catherine Doherty
“The duty of the moment is what you should be doing at any given time, in whatever place God has put you. You may not have Christ in a homeless person at your door, but you may have a little child. If ...”
Catherine Doherty