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“As I grew older I was confused as to why martyrdom was never just called murder.”

OH THIS!!! 🎯

‘“Girls and boys, I can give you one piece of advice in this life - don’t worry about anything, pray about everything”.

I thought that was the stupidest thing I had ever heard’

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“When I think about the phases of my life, it is as a series of rooms behind me. Each with a door to a previous room left open, behind which is another room and another and another.

The rooms are not quite empty, not exactly dark but they are shadowy with indistinct shapes.”

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“When you’re inside a church I’ve realized, it’s impossible to see out.

There are no clear windows. Light streams in through the stained glass making colored lozenges on the floor.”

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“Being here feels somehow like childhood.

The hours are so long and there’s so much waiting - staring into space. Absolutely nothing is asked of me.

Nothing expected. “


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“All these interruptions - day in day out. Having to drop what you are doing and toddling to church every couple of hours? Then I realize - it’s not an interruption to the work. It is the work. This is the doing.”

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This book is aptly titled. It’s so meditative and beautifully written. Wow!

Great place to land after all the chaos from my last read 🤣