Lenten Resolve

Reduce life from its complexities to its essence. It is mostly love that matters --- and lasts.

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Prayer: Meister Eckhart

You need not seek him here or there, for he is no further than the door of your heart; there he stands patiently awaiting whoever is ready to open up and let him in. No need to call to him from afar; he can hardly wait for you to open up. He longs for you a thousand times more than you long for him.

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Prayer: Dulcinea in Don Quixote

Blows and abuse I can take and give back again, but tenderness I cannot bear.

Prayer: Rod McKuen

I only know the dying heart needs the nourishment of memory to live beyond too many winters.

Prayer: Francis de Sales

Render thanks to God. O great and good Creator, how much do I owe to you, since out of my nothingness you have made me what I am? How can I ever worthily bless your holy name and thank your infinite goodness?