The Power of Love

"I keep remembering this Thomas Merton quote from seeds of contemplation prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and the heart has turned to stone it's only when you despair gets greatest that that possibility occurs for that heart opening" "When somebody comes in and says I feel nothing I feel dead it's horrible to me. That's the critical moment that's the moment when the possibility of the heart open if the despair is just great enoughSometimes you see it isn't great enough yet they're still trying to think their way out," she said. 'If you haven't suffered enough go suffer some more people don't think that's compassionate'