All religions proclaim the advantages of peace, loving one another, and "doing to others what we would like them to do to us."
Thomas KeatingOnly when we can accept God as he is can we give up the desire for spiritual experiences that we can feel.
Thomas KeatingIf you accept the belief that baptism incorporates us in the mystical body of Christ, into the divine DNA, then you might say that the Holy Spirit is present in each of us, and thus we have the capacity for the fullness of redemption, of transformation.
Thomas KeatingIn centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.
Thomas Keating