Prayer to the Most Holy Theotokos by Saint Nilus All-merciful Virgin Theotokos, Mother of compassions and love for mankind, my most beloved hope and aspiration!
“A love that desires to see God may not have reasonableness on its side, but it is the evidence of filial love. It gave Moses the temerity to say: If I have found favor in your eyes, show me your face. It inspired the psalmist to make the same prayer: Show me your face. Even the pagans made their images for this purpose: they wanted actually to see what they mistakenly revered.” [Saint Peter Chrysologus
Dear Friends, “He also said, ‘The kingdom of God is as if someone would scatter seed on the ground, and would sleep and rise night and day, the seed would sprout and grow, he does not know how.’” [Mark 4.26-27]
“We have to withdraw from time to time to be silent and still, to gain perspective, to look beyond this world to search for the origin and purpose of it all. Is there one with power to heal? Is there a teacher who will speak to me of truths my mind cannot discover? Where is the guide to show me the way through life’s problems and difficulties? The Christian knows there is such a one. It is he who spoke of himself as the Way, the Truth, and the Life ... It is in silence that we shall hear a voice deep within us speaking to our nobler selves, calling us to high ideals and generous instincts.” [Cardinal Basil Hume OSB The Mystery of Love]