My heart rejoices in the Lord; in the Lord my horn is lifted high. 1 Samuel 2:1b Your prayers, though feeble and imperfect, are a source of joy to my heart. This is because your prayers release the power I...
There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. —Psalm 46:4 When this rare idea takes root in us, we are able to deepen a centering prayer practice or some...
He makes winds his messengers and his servants flames of fire. —Psalm 104:4 God is the participatory reality in whom we live and move and have our being no matter if we’re in a prison cell, in an anchorite cell, on...
Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, who do not turn to the proud, and put no confidence in false gods. —Psalm 40:4 The interior reality of the saints was completely transformed. It was because of that fire, or should I...
Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God. Psalm 42:5bPeople like Saint Paul, who spent so much time in prison, so often radiated joy. This explains why Julian of Norwich, whose family...
Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. —Psalm 34:5 If we look to creation to reflect God’s primordial glory, then that glory will shine through. If our tools are set to measure externally what...
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven proclaiming, “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ.” —Revelation 12:10 I once heard a quantum physicist say, “Electrons behave like...
Return, O my soul, to your rest, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. I walk before the Lord in the land of...
You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. —Psalm 16:11 God seems to break in on us when we are least expecting him. His timing is not...
