The Divine Indwelling: Finding God Within and Everything We Need (Part 4)
“The Christian life, because of the reality of the Divine Indwelling, is more about unpacking than packing.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“The Christian life, because of the reality of the Divine Indwelling, is more about unpacking than packing.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“To experience the reality of Baptism and all its fruits, including the Divine Indwelling, one must live out their baptism as fully and as deeply as possible.”- Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“Whatever we find “out there,” even what we find “out there” that is of God, is never enough.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“By realizing where God dwells, namely within us, St. Elizabeth of the Trinity is teaching us something that is crucial for our spiritual life: namely, that the spiritual life is ultimately an inside job.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“The busier one is, especially in ministry, the more that person needs to sit at the feet of Jesus every day and allow the presence of Jesus and his word to evangelize them.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“Their life as it really was, was not an obstacle to their union, and neither is our life, as it really is, an obstacle to our union with God.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“What the word divinization attempts to describe is essentially the process of holiness, whereby our human nature becomes transformed by divine grace.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“If a person is not spending quality time with Jesus in personal prayer each day what can he really offer to the crisis of the modern world?” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“The danger that we face in honoring the saints is that we admire them–but from a distance.” – Fr. Jeremiah Shryock
“Hence, despite the human affirmation, happiness, and even sense of fulfillment these crowds may have brought to Jesus, there is something and someone greater than all of this: it is the Father and His will.”- Fr. Jeremiah Shryock