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I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; before the angels I sing your praise; I bow before your holy presence and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness. For you have exalted above everything your name and your word. On the day I called,... Read More →

We are broken creatures, and yet this is not in itself a terrible thing. Refusing to admit it is what is terrible. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise, sang King David in Psalm 51. The younger son is usually... Read More →

You, O Eternal Trinity, are a deep sea into which, the more I enter, the more I find, and the more I find, the more I seek. O abyss, O eternal Godhead, O sea profound, what more could you give me than yourself? Amen. Catherine of Siena Read More →

Brother Jesus, you have reminded me of my need to anchor my soul in a place of prayer, a place where we can come together to worship the Father. Free me from my restless activity, my slavery to the clock, my habit of bobbing along on the open sea when you have called me to be... Read More →

This then is what it means to seek God perfectly: to withdraw from illusion and pleasure, from worldly anxieties and desires, from the works that God does not want, from a glory that is only human display; to keep my mind free from confusion in order that my liberty may be always... Read More →