Hope is some extraordinary…
Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them.
–Vincent McNabb (1868-1943)
Silence opens…
Silence opens the inner fount from which the word arises.
–Roman Guardini (1885-1968)
To explain the Absolute…
When challenged to explain the Absolute
I shall fall still, I shall be silent as a mute.
–Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)
Make a manger…
If in your heart you make
a manger for Love’s birth,
Then God will once again
become a child on earth.
–Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)
True prayer requires…
True prayer requires no word, no chant
no gesture, no sound.
It is communion, calm and still
with our own Ground.
–Angelus Silesius (1624-1677)
Give yourselves to God who…
Do not think that you will be set free by things which are harmful. You do not know what is good for you in the way that God does. Therefore, give yourselves to him who holds the key to the universe. For even if you ask nothing but merely groan under the impulse of the grace that dwells in you, he handles your affairs wisely and will ensure that you get what you need.
–Saint Theodoret of Cyrus (c. 393-457)
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