“We do not always have to be in church to be with God. We can make of our hearts a chapel where we can withdraw from time to time to converse with him there, gently, humbly, and lovingly.”

– Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection –

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“Look to Him as risen. Just imagining how He rose from the tomb will bring you joy. The brilliance! The beauty! The majesty! How victorious! How joyful! And all of that, plus Himself, He desires for you!”

– St Teresa of Avila –

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“In his aloneness on the cross – ‘My God, why…?’ – the Son of God included in his relationship with his Father all our dryness, confusion, incapacity, before the divine mystery. He consecrated it, folded it into his return to the Father’s house. Those bewildered by a Father who is not just at their disposal are accompanied by the derelict Christ, reassuring and strengthening them.”

– Iain Matthew –

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“If Lent makes us think of an austere, judgmental or frightening God, we need to recall the God of the Psalms who ‘delights’ in us, the God proclaimed by the prophet Zephaniah: ‘he will rejoice over you with happy song, he will renew you by his love, he will dance with shouts of joy for you, as on a day of festival.’ This is encouraging indeed.”

– James McCaffrey, OCD –

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“God is the father of the afflicted, always ready to come to our aid. He loves us infinitely more than we think.”

– Brother Lawrence –

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“Believe that He loves you, that He wants to help you in the struggles you have to undergo. Believe in His love, His exceeding love.”

– St Elizabeth of the Trinity –

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“Let us turn our gaze upon the Babe as one who shows us what God is like. He shows us the sort of heart the Father has. And what strikes us so wonderfully is that it is a vulnerable heart. A heart that offers itself to us unprotected.”

– Ruth Burrows –

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“All are invited to go further, for God simply longs to pour himself into our emptied hearts and to catch us up into the radiant mystery of Trinitarian love.”

– Mary McCormack, OCD –

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“Christ’s resurrection means that what he was then, he is for us now, and we can find him now as they found him then.”

– Iain Matthew –

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“O souls, created for these grandeurs and called to them! What are you doing? How are you spending your time?”

– St John of the Cross –

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