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The truest solitude is not an absence of men or of sound around you; it is an abyss opening up in the center of your own soul.
*Thomas Merton (1961). In The Contemporaries Meet the Classics on Prayer. Ed. Leonard Allen.
Think, brothers and sisters, we walk in the air of eternal Fatherhood. Every uplifting of the heart is a looking up to the Father.
*George McDonald (1824-1905). The Best of George MacDonald.
Yet you inquire: Since He Whom my soul loves is within me, why don't I find Him or experience Him?
The reason is that He remains concealed and you
do not also conceal yourself in order to encounter and experience Him. Anyone who is to find a hidden trea-
sure must enter the hiding place secretly, and once he has discovered it, he will also be hidden just as the trea-
sure is hidden. ... Remaining hidden with Him, you will experience Him in hiding, and love and enjoy Him in hid-
ing, and you will delight with Him in hiding, that is, in a way transcending all language and feeling.
*St. John of the Cross (1542-1591). The Spiritual Canticle. In The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross. Ed. K. Kavanaugh, O. Rodriguez.
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TODAY'S SCRIPTURE ~
Psalm 63 (NLT)
1 O God, you are my God;
I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in your sanctuary
and gazed upon your power and glory.
3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
lifting up my hands to you in prayer.
5 You satisfy me more than the richest feast.
I will praise you with songs of joy.
6 I lie awake thinking of you,
meditating on you through the night.
7 Because you are my helper,
I sing for joy in the shadow of your wings.
8 I cling to you;
your strong right hand holds me securely.
9 But those plotting to destroy me will come to ruin.
They will go down into the depths of the earth.
10 They will die by the sword
and become the food of jackals.
11 But the king will rejoice in God.
All who trust in him will praise him,
while liars will be silenced.
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