A TREE FULL OF ANGELS
Macrina Wiederkehr
The Benedictine tradition and practice of divine reading made accessible for everyone.
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"Think of the words that have been spoken, written, and sung throughout the ages. The human story is continually told through the great works of literature, history, psychology, science, and so on. Our response to all words, if we want them to feed us, is to listen and connect them to our lives."
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"It still all comes down to the same thing. Life is beautiful. And I believe in God. And I want to be there right in the thick of what people call 'horror' and still be able to say: Life is beautiful." Etty Hillesum, 29-year-old Jewish woman who died at Auschwitz, November, 1943, 'An Interrupted Life'
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"Our birth cry is a divine cry. It is God's cry meshed with our own."
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"The incarnational aspect of Christianity reminds us that all of life is full of God. God is in all."
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"O Most Creaive One, ever bringing me to new life…O Most Powerful One, empowering me for life's journey…O Indwelling One, calling me to my Center…O Beloved One, loving me as I am."
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"Real Presence is everywhere, and those with the hearts of children revel in it."
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"Prayer does nothing to make God more present, for God is always present. Prayer is our response to the presence of God in our lives."
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"Trust in God's embrace."
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"Remember the sanctuary within. You carry God wherever you go."
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"You are pure capacity for God….God has a plan for you."
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"Each of us is called to be bread for the world. Our lives are meant to nourish."
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"My tears know more than I know. That's why it's so important to listen to them, to pray with them."
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"God has pitched a tent in our hearts. We are dwelling places for the Beloved."
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"Life doesn't work without love."
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"Two people with unlit lamps can give hope to one another as they remember together the One who is their Light."
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"Fairy tales and myths have often been used as vehicles to teach a truth that is too deep for ordinary words."
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"To be divinized is your destiny. Your original union yearns for a place in your life."
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"Let us try to take seriously the call to be divinized and stop hiding behind the mask of our frailty. There are hints of glory in our lives that yearn for fulfillment. The ache for God lives on in our depths. It gnaws at us and cries out to be named."
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"We have the capacity to be filled with the utter fullness of God."
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"I believe there is a Great Weaver in the heavens, and she is slowly spinning a web that will make heaven and earth one. Let's not break the sacred web."
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"We are frail and glorious creatures. Our frailty need not cripple us; our glory need not be denied. Embraced and cherished as part of the process that we are, these qualities become God's greatest advantage in our lives."
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"Every experience, every thought, every word, every person in your life is a part of a larger picture of your growth….they can be nourishing if you give them your real presence."
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"Made of the earth, yet steeped in eternity; frail human dust, yet soaked with infinity."
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"You live in a world of theophanies. Holiness comes wrapped in the ordinary. There are burning bushes all around you. Every tree is full of angels. Hidden beauty is waiting in every crumb."
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"Linger awhile over each person you meet, each person you live with, each relationship, even those people you see walking through the crowds, the strangers you do not know. Look on them with love. Contemplate them. Take them into your heart."
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We are gathering together the primary insights of spirituality and bringing them together into one place.
This archive contains 11,754 quotes, taken from 635 references,
organized in terms of 39 primary categories. Quotes are randomized and appear in a different way at every click.
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We include
- All major spiritual and religious traditions, from all cultures, and all historical epochs
- Major psychologists, philosophers, writers, scholars and leading religious personalities
- Sources in classical religion as well as voices from new consciousness, esotericism and mysticism
- Choices are guided by the spirit of oneness, love, kindness, inclusion and community
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