My faith sees Thee, O Lord. It is the light and the far-sight of my eyes.
My faith is the sense of Thine omnipresence. It presses my knees to the earth and lifts my hands to heaven.
My faith is the touch of my soul with Thee. It moves my heart to dance and my throat to song.
When the swallow draws near, the young swallows grow restless in the nest. For even from afar they sense the coming of their mother.
My faith is my restlessness, for Thou art coming, O my Mother.
When a friend writes me a letter in a distant city, thinking of me, I too abandon other thoughts and think of my friend.
My faith is my thought of Thee, which moves Thee, the Most Responsive One, to think of me.
When the lion is parted from the lioness, the lion's eyes grow dim with sorrow for the lioness.
My faith is my sorrow for Thee, when Thou art far from me, O my Beauty.
When the sun is absent, the most terrible storms lash the sea.
My faith is the stilling of the storm in my soul, for Thy light pours over me and calms me.
My eyes said to me: we do not see Him. And I calmed them with the words: truly, you were not even created to see Him, but what is His.
My ears said to me: we do not hear Him. And I brought them to reason with the words: truly, you were not even created to hear Him, but what is His.
Nothing of all that is created can see and hear Him, but only what is His. The created sees and hears the created. Only what is begotten of Him can see Him. And only what is begotten of Him can hear Him. A painting cannot see the painter, but the painter's son can see the painter. A bell cannot hear the bellfounder, but the bellfounder's daughter hears her father.
The eye cannot see Him, for it was created for this — not to see Him. The ear cannot hear Him, for it was created for this — not to hear Him. But sight can see Him, and hearing can hear Him.
My faith sees Thee, O Lord, as the begotten sees its parent. My faith hears Thee, O Lord, as the begotten hears its parent.
God in me sees and hears God in Thee. And God is not created but begotten.
My faith is a diving into the abyss of my soul and a swimming out with Thee.
My faith is my only serious knowledge. All else is a child's gathering of colored pebbles by the lake.
My faith is the only serious occupation of my life. Truly, all else is a comedy of the senses.
When I say: give me more faith, I mean: give me more of Thyself, O my Father and my God.