"St. Teresa of Avila wrote: 'All difficulties in prayer can be traced to one cause: praying as if God were absent.' This is the conviction that we bring with us from early childhood and apply to everyday life and to our lives in general. It gets stronger as we grow up, unless we are touched by the Gospel and begin the spiritual journey. This journey is a process of dismantling the monumental illusion that God is distant or absent."

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Source : Thomas Keating (2014). “Fruits and Gifts of the Spirit”, p.5, Lantern Books

Thomas Keating

#Spiritual Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Prayer Quotes

“I grew to manhood in the Ohio State Penitentiary.”
“Why onions? Because they're cheap, last a long time, can be lit any number of ways and force me to think about what happens when the form turns away from the light.”
“Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes. Fashion is in the air, born upon the wind. One intuits it. It is in the sky and on the road.”
“Inspirational and will challenge readers to get involved in the lives of others to make a difference. Thank you for sharing your wonderful insight and encouragement.”
“Nobody would stay interested in me if I was normal”
“The paramount question of the day is not political, is not religious, but is economic. The crying-out demand of today is for a circle of principles that shall forever make it impossible for one man to control another by controlling the means of his existence.”

Source : Voltairine de Cleyre (2012). “Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius”, p.169, SUNY Press
“I'm not interested in provoking people, but only in trying to be consoling.”
“Communists, socialists and fascists everywhere, from Mr. Obama upward, have taken to the global warming cause like a quack to colored water. Just about every word they utter on this subject is a falsehood calculated to deceive, or - in plain English - a lie.”

Source : "Leftists are immoral: Pray for them" by Christopher Monckton, www.wnd.com. December 24, 2013.

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