Lenten Surrenders

To be immersed in mystery can be very distressing at first, but over time I have found immense relief in it.

I'm not as much in control of my life as I'd like to be. This is not an easy learning, especially for take-charge people like me, people who think they can---and, more important, should be in control of things.

     Gerald May M.D. Psychiatrist and author, cancer survivor, waiting for a heart transplant.

No one is so advanced in prayer that they do not often have to return to the beginning.

Let nothing disturb you
Let nothing make you afraid
All things pass
But God is unchanging
Patience
Is enough for everyone
You who have God
Lack nothing
God alone is sufficient

     Teresa of Avila

I don't know Who-or what-put the question.
I don't know when it was put.
I don't even remember answering.
But at some moment I did answer Yes
To Someone-or Something
And from that hour I was certain 
That existence is meaningful
And that, therefore, my life, in self surrender, 
Had a goal.

     Dag Hammarskjold