Category: Quotes

Charity and hospitality were matters of top priority (for the Desert Fathers), and took precedence over fasting and personal ascetic routines. The countless sayings which…

Most of the characters represented in these sayings and stories are men who are “on the way” to purity of heart rather than men who…

What the (Desert) Fathers sought most of all was their own true self, in Christ. And in order to do this, they had to reject…

Via our machines— be it phone, television, or computer— we receive an enormous amount of information every day. But we don’t have the time, the…

The first time you practice contemplation, you’ll only experience a darkness, like a cloud of unknowing.  You won’t know what this is. You’ll only know…

But where is this true possession of God, whereby we really possess him, to be found? This real possession of God is to be found…

If you are in the middle of your life, maybe some of your dreams of God have died hard under the weight of your experience.…

A story is like water that you heat for your bath. . It takes messages between the fire and your skin. It lets them meet,…

Guess I’d get along without you If I had no choice It’s taken me this long to find you Done a lot of getting ready…

Although I have spent a lot of my life in jobs that require me to speak for God, I am still reluctant to do it…