The Contemplative Society

“...ladies, light of my eyes, deign to remember me, whether I am in the body or out of the body.” - Saint Egeria (or Etheria or Aetheria ), from her writings now known as the Peregrinatio or Itinerarium Egeriae.

“Somewhere in those depths of silence I came upon my first experiences of God as a loving presence that was always near, and prayer as a simple trust in that presence.” - Cynthia Bourgeault, from Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening.

"A human being is a part of the whole, called by us “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. [A human] experiences [It]self, [Its] thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest—a kind of optical delusion of [human] consciousness. The striving to free oneself from this delusion is the one issue of true religion. Not to nourish the delusion but to try to overcome it is the way to reach the attainable measure of peace of mind.” - Bishop Oscar Romero (Canonised 2019).