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A person who places himself so radically in the wilderness climate of prayer and allows himself to be transformed by God can have a healing effect on the entire universe.

He went through all the stages of His life when the time had come for each, and it is our belief that He continues to do so, bringing each of us into the eternal life of God which we share with Him in our saved humanity.

For every Christian, life is a continuing struggle for purity of heart.

God is merciful, and He let's us try to manage with just our work, our friends or spouse, until we are ready to face the abyss of our need and desire: our need for God our Savior.

…He is the only one who can have undivided mastery over our hearts. We will discover that this also means making room for all the others He puts into our lives. It isn't a matter of dividing our love - it is learning to multiply it.

As I go further I will always discover more in life that is from God and cannot be left out.

As I continue always to ask Him to reveal Himself to me, I will discover that He also is revealing me to myself as I really am and not as I have believed myself to be.

In silence and prayer, let us come to know Him, ourselves, one another, and the whole of creation, as we exist together in the Trinity of Persons who creates, sustains and redeems all things and all men.

A person learns to love and forgive others only when he has learned to love and forgive himself - in silence.

Prayer is nothing other than bringing our whole self, heart, mind and body, before God, that He May in turn fill us with His own abundant life.