Sentences with phrase «desire for unity»

Thus «the parable of the Prodigal Son expresses a basic human desire for unity and wholeness in life.»

The desire for unity among religions, Cragg thinks, is a holy one.

Indeed, the act that both brings new life into being and gives the most intense pleasure to all living creatures is a powerful symbol of the desire for unity with others that is shared by all forms of life.

Indeed, God is the moving power of love in the universe, the desire for unity with all beloved, the passionate embrace that spins the living, pulsing earth around, sends blood surging through our bodies, and draws us into one another's arms.

In response to the cry of a world trembling with the desire for unity, and already equipped, through the workings of material progress, with the external links of this unity, Christ is already revealing himself, in the depths of men's hearts, as the Shepherd (the Animator) of the Universe.

The danger of emptiness is seen vividly in the desire for unity and community.

The Papal Vision In addition to his desire for unity within the Church, Pope Benedict clearly desires an acceptance of the harmony of the ordinary and extraordinary forms of Holy Mass and sees the proper and reverent celebration of the Sacred Liturgy to be essential in the renewal of the Church and in the recovery of direction which was lost in the aftermath of Vatican II.

Like the desire for happiness, Mill claims that this desire for unity is «a powerful principle in human nature.»

That did not mean that I questioned the importance of the ecumenical movement and of the desire for unity.

Sub-themes such reflection and encounter, intersections and dualities, diversities and divisions, and the desire for unity and community are communicated in the artworks on display.

He because she cared enough to try and understand; she because she now had valuable information that allowed her to move past her own reactivity and focus instead on something she could easily understand: Mike's desire for unity.