Lectio Divina

Do not be troubled if you do not immediately receive from God what you ask Him; for He desires to do something even greater for you, while you cling to Him in prayer. ~Evagrius Ponticus

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? ~1 Corinthians 3:16

Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent. ~Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

“I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world.” ~John 16:33

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked. ~Psalm 84:10

“The chief difference between violence and nonviolence, is that violence depends entirely on its own calculations. Nonviolence depends entirely on God and God’s word. ~Thomas Merton

“Solitude is the furnace in which the transformation from our false, compulsive self is transformed into the new self of Jesus Christ. It is from this transformed or converted self that real ministry flows.” ~Henri Nouwen

Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. ~John 16:20

“And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” ~Micah 6:8

“If you don’t pray, you will inevitably become either depressed or inflated – or bounce back-and-forth between the two. You will either be habitually depressed or obsessed with your own ego.” ~Ronald Rolheiser, paraphrasing Robert Moore