Any distractions…
If you have never had any distractions you don’t know how to pray.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
Be all alive…
If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
We cannot achieve…
We cannot achieve greatness unless we lose all interest in being great.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
What do you have to fear…
What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with God obtains three great privileges: omnipotence without power, intoxication without wine, and life without death.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
When you proclaim peace…
When you proclaim peace by your words, you must carry an even greater peace in your hearts. Let no one be provoked to anger by you, or be scandalized, but let your gentleness encourage all to peace, good will and mutual love.
— Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 – 1226)
In God’s service…
It is not fitting, when one is in God’s service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
— Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)
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