#communion

The deepest of level of communication is not communication, but communion. It is wordless ... beyond speech ... beyond concept. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#integration #unity #communication

Faith is not knowledge of an object but communion with it. ↗

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

#faith #faith

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer. ↗

— William Ames

#arises #bears #between #communion #double

To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language. ↗

— William C. Bryant

#forms #her #him #holds #language

Is it honest for me to go and sit there on communion day and drink the wine and eat the bread while feeling it all to be mummery? ↗

— John Fiske

#communion #day #drink #eat #feeling

For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#body #catholics #christ #church #communion

There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage. ↗

— Martin Luther

#charming #communion #company #friendly #good

Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic. ↗

— Carl Olson

#being #catholic #comes #communion #god

Giving consumers the choice of having it all in one big bite means different viewers are in many different places in the book, making it hard to discuss without spoiling the plot. The intervals between first-run programming provide a space for communion and that tantalizing sense of anticipation. ↗

— Michael K. Powell

#between #big #bite #book #choice

There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk. ↗

— M. F. K. Fisher

#bread #broken #communion #drunk #more