Sunday, January 25, 2009

The Interior Castle

by St. Teresa of Avila

"Personally, I would always choose the path of suffering."

"You should never consider yourself to be so powerful that you act or even think about acting without consulting a wise and cautious guide whose primary purpose is to serve God."

"It is lov'es nature to reveal itself through service in a thousand ways."

"Let's eagerly endure everything that comes to us."

Saturday, January 10, 2009

The Seven Storey Mountain

by Thomas Merton

"The truth is, in any kind of a religious Order there is not only the possibility but even in some sense the obligation of leading, at least to some extent, the highest of all lives - contemplation, and the sharing of it's fruits with others."

"So Brother Matthew locked the gate behind me and I was enclosed in the four walls of my new freedom."