St. Teresa of Ávila was a sixteenth century cloistered Carmelite nun who lived during the Spanish Inquisition and wrote this masterpiece of mystical literature as a guide for spiritual growth. She wrote it, not because she wanted to, or thought […]
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May 9
Prayerful silence is the heart’s certainty of the captivating Presence of the Divine. It is a breathless quiet in which the Ineffable within us communes with the Ineffable beyond us. ~Betty
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A Letter From Betty
Dear Ones, We are a family of the land. The endlessness of long leaf pines, of blackjack ridges and cypress ponds, of sand hills and palmettos. We are a family whose core and culture resonates and vibrates with the pain […]
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April 25
We have to learn to trust the darkness of new birth. We don’t always see it but new life is being birthed; it is underneath the darkness and pain. ~Betty
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Caught Between the Nails
Oh, Good Jesus, Hear me, hold me, love me in this, the season of my spirit’s loss and grieving, in the anguish of my waiting, in the silence of familiar voices gone, in the pain of all the change, in […]
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April 11
Freedom comes from a wisdom that transcends the intellect. It is an un-knowing, a letting-go of all we have known and falling deeply in love with God in Whose heart we finally find rest. ~Betty The Hidden Life Awakened
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Petals in the Dew
Jesus, my Beloved, it’s Spring again.I am Your prisoner, capturedin its sweet song,in its warmth and fragrance,in all the beauty new life brings.Waves of infinite tendernesswash over me and all of Creation.Your Divine Look has penetrated my heart.You only do […]
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March 28
It is the discipline of returning in stillness to simply be with God in the deep silence, allowing the Light to pour into us, listening for the whispers of the Spirit, that opens the possibility of our transformation. ~Betty The […]
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