Martin Luther King Jr., on How to Love Our Enemies
“Yes, it is love that will save our world and our civilization, love even for enemies.”
Epictetus on Willing What God Wills – or Doesn’t Will
“What God doesn’t will, I do not wish for.”
The Great Persian Poet Rumi on Spreading Your Wings
“What keeps us from joining the dance / the dust particles do?”
Leaving a Spiritual Inheritance
“God designed the family as an expression of his spiritual truths, to reflect his image and fulfill a critical role on Earth.”
Thomas Merton on the Necessity of Solitude for a Healthy Society
“Gratitude is therefore the heart of the solitary life, as it is the heart of the Christian life.”
A Prayer for Anxious Times from Trappist Monk Thomas Merton
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
Mother Teresa’s Essential Wisdom
“Resist anything that leads to moodiness. Our prayer each day should be, ‘Let the joy of the Lord be my strength.’”