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Sorrow must be allowed to blossom into self-forgetful love of God.
Martin Laird • Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation
living, pure friendship, useless beauty, or moments of communion with nature or anything.
Richard Rohr • Falling Upward
When in the Soul of the Serene Disciple When in the soul of the serene disciple With no more Fathers to imitate Poverty is a success, It is a small thing to say the roof is gone: He has not even a house. Stars, as well as friends, Are angry with the noble ruin. Saints depart in several directions. Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. I
... See moreRichard Rohr • Falling Upward, Revised and Updated: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
When you live in the silence and solitude of the land, cities seem startling.
John O'Donohue • Anam Cara: 25th Anniversary Edition
The contemplative mind prays from a different sense of Who–I–am. It rests, and abides in the Great I AM, and draws its life from the Larger Vine (John 15:4–5), the Deeper Well (John 4:10–14).
Richard Rohr • Breathing Under Water : Spirituality and the Twelve Steps
Nouwen suggested we all find ourselves bouncing around three very human lies that we believe about our identity: I am what I have, I am what I do, and I am what other people say or think about me.*