Scripture Readings & Quotes Related to The

Walking Forward Together Scripture Readings & Quotes Related to the Five Sub-Themes of CEW 2017

Walking

If you will diligently observe this entire commandment that I am commanding you, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways… Dt 11.22

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely. Pr 10.9

I was overjoyed to find some of your children walking in the truth. 2 Jn 1.4

O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord! Is 2.5

If a person wishes to be sure of the road s/he treads on, s/he must close her/his eyes and walk in the dark. St. John of the Cross

Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King Jr.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Lao Tzu

I took the road less travelled by, and that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

Be content to progress in slow steps until you have legs to run and wings with which to fly. Padre Pio

Walking Forward Together with God

Be the one who walks with the Lord. Shellie Palmer, Beyond the Silence of Love and Faith

Those who walk with God always reach their destination. Henry Ford

God has made it clear to you, mortal, what is good and what the LORD is requiring from you – to act with justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6.8

Let us walk with decency, as in the daylight. Romans 13.13

The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked. 1 Jn 2.6

We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials. St. Teresa of Avila

Prayer is sitting in the silence until it silences us, choosing gratitude until we are grateful, praising God until we ourselves are a constant act of praise. Fr. Richard Rohr OFM Walking Forward Together with Our Families

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Helen Keller My mother is a walking miracle. Leonardo DiCaprio

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. Desmond Tutu

Equal consideration needs to be given to the growing danger represented by an extreme individualism which weakens family bonds and ends up considering each member of the family as an isolated unit, leading in some cases to the idea that one’s personality is shaped by his or her desires, which are considered absolute. Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia, On Love in the Family, page 28

Mama exhorted her children at every opportunity to "jump at the sun." We might not land on the sun, but at least we would get off the ground. Zora Neale Hurston

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. Jane Howard

Walking Forward Together with Others

Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in their moccasins. In refugee camps around the world, I met people who were gone. They were still walking around but had lost so much that they were unable to claim any sort of identity. Others I met found who they truly were, and they generally found it through service to others. They became teachers when there was no school, books or pencils. Deborah Ellis

The land is sacred; it belongs to the countless numbers who are dead, the few who are living, and the multitudes of those yet to be born. Penan, Sarawak, Malaysia

Turn your face to the sun, and the shadows fall behind you. Maori proverb

We will be known forever by the tracks we leave. Dakota Proverb

Walking Forward Together with Creation

We lack an awareness of our common origin, of our mutual belonging, and of a future to be shared with everyone. This basic awareness would enable the development of new convictions, attitudes and forms of life. A great cultural, spiritual and educational challenge stands before us, and it will demand that we set out on the long path of renewal. Laudato Si’, #202

Each year sees the disappearance of thousands of plant and animal species which we never know, which our children will never see, because they have been lost forever. The great majority become extinct for reasons related to human activity. Because of us, thousands of species will no longer give glory to God by their very existence, nor convey their message to us. We have no such right. Laudato Si’ #33 God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth, for not one of them is forgotten in your sight. Laudato Si’ All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well... for there is a Force of love moving through the universe that holds us fast and will never let us go. Julian of Norwich

Walking Forward Together in Hope

Those who keep speaking about the sun while walking under a cloudy sky are messengers of hope, the true saints of our day. Henri Nouwen

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, and you’ll never walk alone. You’ll never walk alone. Oscar Hammerstein II

Hope always finds a way. Don’t give up. Faith keeps you strong. Trials keep you humble. Flaws keep you human. Hope keeps you walking and God keeps you going. Jennifer Duke Slee

I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward. Thomas Edison

I dwell in possibility. Emily Dickinson

Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. Robert Louis Stevenson