Jennifer

“At this point, Chiara said 'Well, even if I ask Him for a cure - and I am asking Him - perhaps God knows what I truly want.'
Chiara was like the man born blind, God's work was appearing in her. (cf John 9:1-38)
'With these words,' Enrico explained, 'Chiara was revealing to me that there was within her an intimacy of which she herself was not aware, that intimacy was the place where God dwells.”
― Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo

“On the flight, before touching ground, we became aware of what we truly were: pilgrims reaching toward Heaven.”
― Simone Troisi, Chiara Corbella Petrillo

“A Prayer by Thomas Merton My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that the desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road, though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.”
― Kevin O'Brien, The Ignatian Adventure: Experiencing the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius in Daily Life

“First, Martini said, came the Church’s approach toward the divorced. Second came the appointment of bishops. Third came priestly celibacy and the role of the laity. Fourth came the relationship between politics and the hierarchy.23 Then, having delivered his blueprint, Martini smiled, his intense blue eyes illuminating his face.”
― Julia Meloni, The St. Gallen Mafia: Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the Church