Love is the spiritual life…
Love, in fact, is the spiritual life; and without it, all other exercises of the spirit are emptied of content.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
In solitude and silence…
It is in deep solitude and silence that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brother and sister.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Every good work…
Your actions, in passing, pass not away, for every good work is a grain of seed for eternal life.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Act as if the maxim…
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.
–Saint Jerome (c. 340-420)
Prayer most pleasing to God…
Pray, even if you feel nothing, see nothing. For when you are dry, empty, sick or weak, at such a time is your prayer most pleasing to God, even though you may find little joy in it. This is true of all believing prayer.
— Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Kept in that precious love…
If there is anywhere on earth a lover of God who is always kept safe, I know nothing of it, for it was not shown to me. But this was shown: that in falling and rising again we are always kept in that same precious love.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
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