Margaret Silf Quotes

• Meditation, stillness, time simply to 'be', to do nothing at all and to do it with joy

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  Meditation   Joy   Stillness  

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• Why do we bombard God with our prayers for what we lack to be provided? Perhaps we should be asking God not to supply our wants, but to dwell within them.

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  Prayer   Asking   Want  

  Margaret Silf (2010). “Compass Points”, p.140, Loyola Press

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• Prayer that works is prayer that makes a difference, contemplation that turns into action, on behalf of peace and justice in a troubled and unjust world system. Prayer is energy, the energy of love and transformative power. It is given to us to use for the good of all creation. In prayer God gives us the fuel of life, and asks us to live it.

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  Prayer   Differences   Giving  

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• We stand before a burning bush whenever other human beings share with us something of their relationship with God or something of the movements of their hearts. In such moments may we always realize that we stand on holy ground

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  Heart   Holy Ground   Burning  

  Margaret Silf (2010). “2011: A Book of Grace-Filled Days”, p.228, Loyola Press

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