Inspirational writing by our own SisterRose

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Sister forwards this via my email:

Peace Prayer of St Francis, a monk,

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood, as to understand, to be loved as to love; For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned; it is in dying that we are born again to eternal life"

Rule of St Romuald, a monk

Sit in your cell as in paradise. Put the whole world behind you and forget it. Watch your thoughts like a good fisherman, watching for fish. The path you must follow is in the Psalms - never leave it.

...take every opportunity you can to sing the Psalms in your heart and to understand them with your mind.

...Realize above all that you are in God's presence, and stand there with the attitude of one who stands before the emperor.

...Empty yourself completely and sit waiting, content with the grace of God, like the chick who takes nothing and eats nothing but what his mother brings him.