Pierre-Marie Delfieux wrote:

Prayer will teach you, too, that God is nearer to you than you are to yourself. After passing the fiery crucible and stepping through the narrow doorway where you can bring nothing with you, enter the cave of your heart that contains God, whom the universe cannot hold.

The Jerusalem Community Rule of Life, cited in Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton: Entering the School of your Experience, 34. Continue reading →