Living Grace

We, the entire human race, are in need of healing. Yet, not even the collective analysis of all the therapists in the world is going to cure us of our ailments. Also, if we expect politicians and governments to deliver us from our suffering, we will be sorely...

Monday: No matter how faithfully we go about our spiritual practices, we cannot make the experience of absolute union happen. Our lack of control may lead us to doubt ourselves, our path, and God. What do we do? Tuesday: The small self wants spiritual...

“When the soul approaches the Beloved now, he bestows upon her the kiss sought by the bride… All that the soul has been longing for is fulfilled.  Here the wounded deer is given water to drink. Here the soul delights beneath God’s holy tent.”  Teresa of Avila God is...

“Here are the clearest indications that a spiritual voice comes from God. The first and truest sign is the authority they bear… Alone in prayer, she hears a single phrase: ‘Be not troubled,’ and all at once she is calm. A great light shines upon her and lifts away her...

“What I do know is that the pain (of longing for union with God) penetrates into the depths of the soul. And so, when he who has wounded her withdraws his arrow, it seems like God is drawing out her innermost depths, in proportion to the love she feels for him.”...

“She sees that any ability to take action has been bestowed on her by His Majesty (God). This realization does the soul a lot of good. She sees this truth with such clarity that her small self is annihilated, and she is left with a deeper sense of God’s greatness and...