Distant Voices Still Echo

The Way of the Monk

"We do not walk to God with the feet of our body, nor would wings, if we had them, carry us to Him, but we go to Him by the affections of our soul."
-- Saint Augustine

"Spirituality is not learned by fleeing from the world, by running away from things or by remaining solitary and removed from the world. Instead, you must develop an inner solitude wherever you are, no matter who is with you. You must learn to look deeper and find God everywhere."
-- Meister Eckhart

“We have within us deeply rooted weaknesses, passions, and defects. This cannot all be cut out with one sharp motion, but patience, persistence, care and attention. The path leading to perfection is long. Pray to God so that he will strengthen you. Patiently accept your falls and, having stood up, immediately run to God, not remaining in that place where you have fallen. Do not despair if you keep falling into your old sins. Many of them are strong because they have received the force of habit. Only with the passage of time and with fervor will they be conquered. Don't let anything deprive you of hope.” 
-- St. Nectarios of Aegina

"To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience." 
-- St Teresa of Avila

"Lord, lock me up in the deepest depths of your heart; Hold me there, burn me, purify me, set me on fire, sublimate me till I become utterly what you would have me be. . ."
-- Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

"If you are what you should be you will set the whole world ablaze." - St. Catherine of Siena


"Go forth, and set the world on fire." 
- St. Ignatius of Loyola

"Solitude, prayer, love and abstinence are the four wheels of the vehicle that carries our sprit heavenward."
-- Saint Seraphim of Sarov

the Way of the Monk in everyday life