God help us to prepare…
May God help us to prepare a dwelling place for this noble birth, so that we may all attain spiritual motherhood.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Abide and walk in God…
All grief except grief for sin comes from love of the world. In God is neither sorrow, nor grief, nor trouble. Wouldst thou be free from all grief and trouble, abide and walk in God, and to God alone. As long as love of the creature is in us, pain cannot cease.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Losing God through rituals…
To seek God by rituals is to get the ritual and lose God in the process.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)
Our progress in holiness…
Our progress in holiness depends on God and ourselves — on God’s grace and on our will to be holy. We must have a real living determination to reach holiness.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Away from ourselves…
Once we take our eyes away from ourselves — from our interests, from our own rights, privileges, ambitions — then we will become clear to see Jesus around us.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Slow progress…
In order to attain a fruitful life of prayer, we should not expect blessings to fall upon us suddenly. Rather, we should make our way through with slow but sure steps. We need a long, disciplines struggle. We need patience and constraint. It is enough to make progress however slow that progress may seem, or however pitch-black the world around us and around our faith may appear. Mere progress in the life of prayer and intimacy with God is a sure sign that we will reach our goal. It is proof positive that the light must appear, however long it may be hidden from us.
–Matthew the Poor aka Matta El-Meskeen (1919-2006)
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