We are unworthy, but…
Refusing to accept God’s love because we’re unworthy – of course we’re unworthy! – is another golden calf.
–Madeline L’Engle (1918-2007)
The peace of contemplation…
In prayer the stilled voice learns to hold its peace, to listen with the heart to silence that is joy, is adoration. The self is shattered, all words torn apart in this strange patterned time of contemplation that, in time, breaks time, breaks words, breaks me, and then, in silence, leaves me healed and mended.
–Madeline L’Engle (1918-2007)
Today I will begin…
Everyday I say to myself: ‘Today I will begin.’
–Saint Anthony of Egypt (c. 251-356)
The Church is not…
The Church is not an archaeological museum, but the ancient fountain which slakes the thirst of the generation of today as she did that of the generations of the past.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1973)
Wrestle the devil…
Hour by hour, day by day, let us by penitence work at being renewed, so that we may learn to fight and wrestle with the devils, our enemies who are always at war with us.
–Saint Peter of Damascus (12th Century)
Endurance: an unshakable rock…
Endurance is like an unshakeable rock in the winds and waves of life. However the tempest batters him, the patient man remains steadfast and does not turn back; and when he finds relief and joy, he is not carried away by self-glory: he is always the same, whether things are hard or easy, and for this reason, he is proof against the snares of the enemy.
–Saint Peter of Damascus (12th Century)
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