The Bradley Blog

Amma Syncletica beckons us into true freedom that does not rely on external things for inner happiness and peace.

Here is a prayer by St. Thomas Aquinas that can help us as we seek to know the Creator more intimately.

A God Who Dances. An excerpt from Holy Play: The Joyful Adventure of Unleashing Your Divine Purpose by Rv. Kirk Byron Jones

quotes from Amma Syncletica about learning to kindle the divine fire within ourselves and prayer

What do you need to let go of to fully know God?

House Cleaning of the Mind Thomas Merton quote about cleaning out the mental and emotional rubbish that clutters our mind

A certain brother inquired of Abbot Pastor, saying: “What shall I do? I lose my nerve when I am sitting alone at prayer in my cell?” The elder said to him: “Despise no one, condemn no one, rebuke no one, God will give you peace and your meditation will be undisturbed.” 

My Heart May be Pure Towards All – Amma Sarah

Trust in the Slow Work of God – Teilhard de Chardin

Thomas Merton I Will Trust You Always