#ray

Whether you teach or live in the cloister or nurse the sick, whether you are in religion or out of it, married or single, no matter who you are or what you are, you are called to the summit of perfection: you are called to a deep interior life perhaps even to mystical prayer, and to pass the fruits of your contemplation on to others. And if you cannot do so by word, then by example. Yet if this sublime fire of infused love burns in your soul, it will inevitably send forth throughout the Church and the world an influence more tremendous than could be estimated by the radius reached by words or by example. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#faith #love #perfection #prayer #faith

The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest. ↗

— Victor Francis Hess

#cosmic #cosmic rays #effects #great #interest

I realize how depraved it was to instill false guilt in an innocent child's conscience, causing a distorted image of life, God, & self, leaving little if any feeling of personal worth. ↗

— Mary Griffith

#gay #leroy-arrons #lgbt #marry-griffith #prayers-for-bobby

Today I want to belong. I want to feel safe and at home. I want to be aware of what it is like simply to be, without defenses or desires. I will appreciate the flow of life for what it is-my own true self. I will notice those moments of intimacy with myself, when I feel that “I am” is enough to sustain me forever. I will lie on the grass at one with nature, expanding until my being fades into the infinite. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#prayer #spirituality #life

He broke up with me." "Because you weren't in love with him. That's an iffy proposition, and I think he's handling with grace. A lot of teenage boys would sulk, or lurk around under your window with a boom box." "No one has a boom box anymore. That was the eighties. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#luke #love

I am the Hooray Distributor. Hold your hands flat, not like begging for money, but as if you’re about to applaud. Now clap, damn you.  ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#applause #beg #begging #clap #clapping

I'm praying for you, Mary. I want you to live forever. ↗

— Truman Capote

#music

Help me give up my addiction to Hope. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#fiction #prayer #addiction

Dear God, I hurt. Please hold me. Amen ↗