To erect a structure of holiness… one must dig deep and build high, must descend into the depth of the dark night of one’s own nothingness in order to be raised up high into the sunlight of divine love and compassion.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
To Erect a Structure of Holiness
1–2 minutes
Changing sadness into joy, Compassion, Dark night, Edith Stein, Love, Passio divinorum, Transfiguration
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What a relief to not have to ‘be’ anything. I mean, it is painful, but still – a relief. It’s like being a child all over again. Perhaps this is the true meaning of being ‘born again’ – first the pain of the birth and then the newness of being, and of being small and vulnerable, like a baby.
Contemplative in the Mud 