To stand before the Holy One of eternity is to change. Resentments cannot be held with the same tenacity when we enter his gracious light.

In worship an increased power steals its way into the heart sanctuary, an increased compassion grows in the soul. To worship is to change.

Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come "underneath," where we calmly and deliberately surrender control and become incompetent.

..the true test of spirituality [is] in the freedom to live among people compassionately....Prayer frees us to be controlled by God.

We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer.

Spiritual direction involves a process through which one person helps another person understand what God is doing and saying.

reject anything that is producing an addiction in you.