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 The beautiful is the experientialproof that the incarnation is possible.

SIMONE WEILSIMONE WEIL

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Every moment and every event of every man’s lifeon earthplants something in his soul.

THOMAS MERTONTHOMAS MERTON

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Here is my secret. It is very simple:It is only with the heart that one can see rightly;

what is essential is invisible to the eye.

THE LITTLE PRINCETHE LITTLE PRINCEAntoine de Saint ExupéryAntoine de Saint Exupéry

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 To look at a thing so long that you arepart of it and it is part of you…If you can

effect this, then you are by way of getting somewhere…

THEODORE ROETHKETHEODORE ROETHKE

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I arise today Through the strength of heaven,Light of sun,Radiance of moon,Splendor of fire,

Speed of lightning,Swiftness of wind,Depth of sea,Stability of earth,Firmness of rock.

CELTIC PRAYERCELTIC PRAYER

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 The soul needs love asurgently as the body needs air.In the warmth of love,the soul can be itself.

 JOHN O’DONOHUE JOHN O’DONOHUE

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Love took me by the hand,and smiling did reply,Who made the eyes but I?

GEORGE HERBERTGEORGE HERBERT

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I have a sense that this underlying heavenlinessis the real nature of things. Not their nature, butthedeeper truth that they are a gift of love and of freedom,

and that this is their true reality.

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Everything then grew still as the sunset fadedAnd the veil of dusk began to cover the earth.I remember now the feeling of awe which cameover me.

BEDE GRIFFITHSBEDE GRIFFITHS

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All presence depends on consciousness.Where there is a depth of awareness,there is a reverence for presence.

 JOHN O’DONOHUE JOHN O’DONOHUE

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I have no program for thisseeing. It is only given.But the gate to heaven iseverywhere.

THOMAS MERTONTHOMAS MERTON

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‘Do I dare?’ and ‘Do I dare?’Do I dareDisturb the universe?

T. S. ELIOTT. S. ELIOT

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I was not looking now at

an unusual flowerarrangement. I was

seeing what Adam hadseen on the morning of 

his creation—the miracle,moment by moment,

of naked existence.

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In certain moments of tranquility and happiness inthe infinitely diverse experience of human love,the mind seems not to be doing anything at all.

 J. NEVILLE WARD J. NEVILLE WARD

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 The thing about allthis is that there is

no puzzle, noproblem,

and really no‘mystery.’ Allproblems areresolved and

everything is clear,simply because what

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…from what we cannot hold the stars are made

W. S. MERWINW. S. MERWINYouthYouth

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Live all you can; it’sa mistake not to.

It doesn’t so muchmatter what you do

in particular; solong as you have

your life.

HENRY JAMESHENRY JAMES

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I created this simple meditation during a weekend retreat atGrace’s House, a solar home on 40 acres next to the Abbey of Gethsemani in New Haven, KY. Grace’s House is part of the MertonInstitute’s Bethany Spring retreat properties. I love it there. Seewww.mertoninstitute.org for more info. Peace.

Katherine Murray, Practical ~ f a i t h ~ , 2009

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