Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. [Widely attributed in recent years...

‘It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God’ Hebrews 10:31 *** Image: Statue of Christ, Vũng Tàu, Vietnam Photo:...

Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and...

​How surely gravity’s law, strong as an ocean current, takes hold of the smallest thing and pulls it toward the heart of the world. ​...

‘the ungraspable spirit That hurls its fires, transfixing The soul forever drunk with life’ Henri Thomas *** Image: A South African...

‘To know clearly what you surrender, what you gain, and to have no regrets, to revisit without envy the scenes of a surrendered joy, and...

Lord, catch me off guard today. Surprise me with some moment of beauty or pain so that at least for the moment, I may be startled into...

‘Go and sit in your cell, and your cell will teach you everything’ Brother Moses *** Image: Landscape with two Praying Monks, painted...

‘As a fish must return to the sea, so must we to our cell, in case by staying outside we forget to watch inside.’ Brother Antony ***...

‘Abraham was hospitable and God was with him Elijah loved quiet and God was with him David was humble and God was with him’ Brother...

‘[God] claims all because He is love and must bless. He cannot bless us unless He has us. When we try to keep within us an area which is...

‘I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen, not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else’ C. S....

‘The cry to God as ‘Father’ in the New Testament is not a calm acknowledgement of a universal truth about God’s abstract fatherhood It is...

‘I ask you Humbly And from the bottom of my heart: Please God Would You write straight With my crooked lines? Out of the serious mistakes...

‘Mistake. Failure and sin are part of the salvation equation… The only perfection available … is the ability to include and forgive our...

‘We choose to be a community that dances and sings In spite of the tendency of our times To despair and cynicism Be glad with dance and...

‘Thus says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it, and find...

‘As the rain hides the stars As the Autumn mist hides the hills, The happenings of my lot Hide the shining of Thy face from me. Yet, if I...

‘Enrich, Lord, heart, Hands, mouth in me With faith, with hope And charity That I may run, rise, Rest in Thee’ George Herbert *** Image:...

‘Jesus, draw me into the flames of Your Love. Unite me so closely with You that You live and act in me’ Terese of Lisieux *** Image:...