“The Word of God sifts and illumines our thoughts, our hearts and intentions. Monk, nun, or layman, we are all called to make decisions, every moment: what – whom – will I hold in my mind? keep in my heart? Christ and all that He gives me: my family, my friends and colleagues, my work, the person in front of me in the checkout line? Or will I wallow in my passions, problems, pains, perceived flaws in myself, in others, in society? It’s that simple: Christ or not?”
(Abbess Ameliane of St Nina’s Monastery, Maryland)