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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

“Every one of us needs half an hour of prayer a day, except when we are busy – then we need an hour.” ~St. Frances de Sales

“We’re being called to be a non-violent, safe, protective person – honoring the wholeness of life, and the mystery of life, and the happiness of life – and then when suffering does occur, we’re to do our best to lessen it, and if possible remove it, but in an inner peace, not dependent on…

“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” ~Mother Teresa

Heavenly Father, please join my prayers with your prayers. Into your hands I commend my spirit. Thy will, not mine, be done.* ~Anonymous *Originally taught to me by my spiritual director as: God, please join my prayers for this person with your prayers for this person.