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Become a fertile ground for the divine birth. Cherish this deep silence within, nourish it frequently.

— Johannes Tauler

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The mystery of our union with God affected by the Eucharist, is a union more intimate than the human mind can conceive.

May God help us to prepare a dwelling place for this noble birth, so that we may all attain spiritual motherhood

If one would a prepare an empty place in the depths of the soul
there can be no doubt that God must fill it at once.
If there were a void on earth the heaven would fall to fill it….

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