Discipleship
If we have the humility to believe we can learn from our brothers and sisters and the understanding that some have gone further into the Divine Center than others, then we can see the necessity of spiritual direction. Richard Foster
A collection of resources from desert mothers & fathers to the modern mystics
If we have the humility to believe we can learn from our brothers and sisters and the understanding that some have gone further into the Divine Center than others, then we can see the necessity of spiritual direction. Richard Foster
Lift up your heart to God with a gentle stirring of love. Focus on him alone. Forget everything God made and everybody who exists and everything that’s going on in the world until your thoughts and emotions aren’t focused on or reaching towards anything. The Cloud of Unknowing
I can’t seem to resist thinking that those who make such a big deal about periods of aridity as being somewhat lacking in humility. Teresa of Ávila
There comes a time when both body and soul enter into such a vast darkness that one loses light and consciousness and knows nothing more of God’s intimacy. With longing and distress, we are reminded of our nothingness. Mechthild of Magdeburg
It is Christ who is growing in us, rather than we who are growing in Christ. Christ is formed in us by the power of the Holy Spirit as we respond to his ever-present Grace in our lives. Renovare Study Bible