The more our body is weighed down with the complexities of our daily and apostolic tasks, the more our soul must be strong, attentive, alive. Without an addition of contemplation to impart the strength and vitality, we risk disequilibrium, not only for ourselves and in congregations but for the Church as a whole. It is thus a deepening of the life of prayer that God invites us to across all the circumstances of life.
René Voillaume (1905–2003)