Nothing Can Trouble – June 6, 2022
Nothing can trouble,nothing can frighten.Those who seek God shallnever go wanting. Nothing can trouble,nothing can frighten.God alone fills us. –St. Teresa of Avila, as translated by the Taize community
Desire for Emptiness – June 1, 2022
“All I bring to the darkness each night is what the Cloud author calls a “naked intent,” a wish to be empty and still in the presence of that for which I have no name. The author of the Cloud says that if you find this unexplainable desire welling up within you, simply wanting time without speech with one […]
God Is In Charge – Apr. 27, 2022
“The prudence I pride myself on to solve hard problems? That is a gift from God. The faith I rely on in difficult times? That is a gift from God. Even my desire to do what is right instead of wrong, that too is a gift from God. I am radically, totally, utterly dependent upon […]
Pouring Out Joy – Apr. 26, 2022
“In these days when nothing is constant, a single cup of constancy feels luxurious, even miraculous. Most of us don’t long for the whole world to be ours. We don’t crave constant praise from acolytes who guard our egos from injury. We aren’t consumed by the desire to have the entire banquet of life focused […]
