Robert Heckner

“The spiritual life goes through alternating phases in which God successively shows and hides himself, makes himself heard and is quiet. Prayer teaches us the subtleties of divine speech. Is God being silent, or are we not hearing him because our interior ear and our intellect are not accustomed to his language? The fruit of silence is learning to discern his voice, even though it always keeps its mystery.”
― Robert Cardinal Sarah

“In the midst of pain, we begin to understand the price Jesus paid for our salvation.”
― Cindee Snider Re, Discovering Hope: Beginning the Journey Toward Hope in Chronic Illness

“Man’s freedom does not free him from necessity. But twists it into unforeseeable consequences.”
― Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Escolios a una texto implícito: Selección

“Somewhere inside that hurting body, there is something better, something stronger, something real.”
― R. M. Drake