Secret Place

Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed. (Luke 5:16 NIV)

 There is no place where the mind can be as fully renewed as in the secret place of prayer, alone with God.

 When we come aside from the temporal things that distract and harass us, and there in the presence of God we put our mind on the things of God, the transforming power of God then begins to work in us, and we are changed, renewed.

 The secret of that calm and peace and rest and patience and faith and love is that resting in the Lord!—Getting calm before the Lord and praising the Lord and seeking the Lord first.

 As your spirit communes with the Lord and is in harmony with Him, it communicates that peace to others. We comfort others with the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted. —VBB & DBB [1]

 A breath of prayer exists, a rhythm that, once acquired, accompanies us and allows us to persevere in this dialogue with God, with joy and also with an inner taste, with a satisfaction that fills our hearts, that puts us in the very inner truth of ourselves. —Carlo Maria Martini

[1] VBB & DBB Anchor Getting Alone with God is Always in Season