Mystical presence of children

[Gabrielle Dean]

“I am convinced by my own life and by wide observation of children that mystical experience is much more common than is usually supposed . . . They have more room for surprise and wonder. They are more sensitive to intimations, flashes, openings. The invisible impinges on their souls and they feel its reality as something quite natural.” — Rufus Jones, 1863 –1948  Quaker writer

The Gospel on Sunday: Luke 18:16, 17 ' But Jesus called for them and said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it."'