These are the quotes/memes posted to Facebook, Instagram, and X/what used to be Twitter in the past week:
[In contemplation] conceptual knowledge of revealed truths is not in any way laid aside, or in any way got rid of, it is merely for the moment covered over. All the dogmas thus subsist in the faith of the contemplative, but like the stars in the midday sunlight. In fact they are never so necessarily, so effectively present. The passing light which throws them into the shade strengthens them to a wonderful degree. When it withdraws, they reappear like stars in the evening sky, but invested with, and illuminated by, a little bit of its brightness. — Charles Journet
The [spiritual] director closest to us is Jesus himself in the tabernacle. We need to go to him and ask him how to sort out the messes that we’re in. And if that is not possible, we need to approach him in thought and heart, and ask for the light of grace. — Marcel Văn
God is not in the loud sound, God is not the hurricane, He is not in the fire, He is not in the earthquake – as the narrative about the Prophet Elijah also recalls today that says God is the light breeze – literally it says this: He is in the “thread of melodious silence” – that never imposes itself, but asks to be heard (see 1 Kgs 19:11-13). — Pope Francis
We must stand up for the rights of our neighbour who is suffering from injustice. We must defend them all the more vigorously because we see Jesus present in them. This undoubtedly is our duty because of our love for others for Christ’s sake. We have no right to be “sleeping watchmen” or dumb watchdogs [cf. Is 56:10]. Whenever we see evil we must sound the alarm. — Saint Charles de Foucauld
Contemplative in the Mud 