Lectio Divina

“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike.” ~Matthew 11:25

“The spontaneity of grace, once it’s established on a new level, is not look to at oneself to congratulate oneself, but to move out, to serve others proportionately to the inner strength one has received from God.” ~Father Thomas Keating

“If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.”~Psalm 95:8

“If you want to correct your brother when he is doing wrong, you must keep yourself calm; otherwise you yourself may catch the sickness you are seeking to cure and you may find that the words of the Gospel now apply to you, ‘Why do you look at the speck of dust in your…

“Contemplation cannot be had unless one is serious about living the Gospel generously.” ~Thomas Dubay

“Christ is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things he himself might be preeminent.” ~Colossians 1:17-18

“I am challenged to choose to love and I think all of us are challenged to choose to love. Who is it, in your life today, that you are being challenged, by the Lord God, to choose to love. Most likely, they are closer than you think.” ~Father Mike Schmitz

“A happiness that is sought for ourselves alone can never be found: for a happiness that is diminished by being shared is not big enough to make us happy.” ~Thomas Merton

“It only takes a moment to turn an everyday place into holy ground.” ~Tyler Staton

“It is the law of this life: sacrifice and joy go side by side.” ~St. Elizabeth of the Trinity