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“Prayer is the raising of the mind and heart to God, which strikes me as altogether appropriate precisely at times of great pain, and prayer by no means stands in contrast to decisive moral action. This is not an either/or proposition.” ~Bishop Robert Barron

“Learn to suffer a little for the love of God without telling everyone about it.” ~Teresa of Avila

“I am definitely loved and whatever happens to me, I am awaited by this Love. And so my life is good.” ~St. Josephine Bakhita

“Humility is nothing but truly knowing and feeling yourself, as you truly are.” ~The Cloud of Unknowing

“Faith, I’ve come to believe, is more craft than feeling. And prayer is our chief practice in the craft.” ~Tish Harrison Warren

“This is not to say that God desires for us to suffer. Rather, when our defenses fall, our ultimate connection is revealed. Thus, vulnerability is another way in which we can experience our desire for God.” ~Fr. James Martin, SJ

“Humility makes our hearts gentle towards the perfect and the imperfect; towards those from reverence, towards those from compassion.” ~Frances De Sales

“Peace work means, first of all, being peace.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh

“It is only through the mood of humble and loving receptivity in which the artist perceives beauty, that the human spirit can apprehend a reality which is greater than itself. The many declarations about noughting, poverty, and ‘holy nothingness’ refer to this. The meek and poor of spirit really are the inheritors of Eternity.”…

“Ask for interior knowledge of Our Lord, who became human for me, that I may love him more intensely and follow him closely.” ~Ignatius of Loyola