Reflection
To all that is chaotic in you.
Let there come peace.
Let there be calming of the clamoring
or stilling of the voices that have laid their claim on you.
that go with you even to the holy places but still
will not let you rest
will not let you hear your life with wholeness
or feel the grace that fashioned you.
Let what distracts you cease.
Let there come an end to what diminished and demeans
and let depart all that keeps you in its cage.
Let there be an opening into the quiet that lies beneath the chaos
where you find peace you did not think possible
and see what shimmers in the storm.
Jan Richardson
Prayer
Be still and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10-11
Action
As we come toward the last week of Lent make time for some quiet to reflect, read, and be still. Try tomake it habitual.
Suggested Reading
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body..
Colossians 3:15
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
Romans 15:13
True peace is granted by God to hearts that are disarmed of selfishness, hostility, and anxiety for the future, replacing them with generosity, forgiveness, and hope for a better world.
Pope Francis
Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
Saint Francis de Sales
Let nothing disturb you, Let nothing frighten you,
All things are passing away: God never changes.
Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing;
God alone suffices.
Teresa of Avila
If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed – but hate these things in yourself, not in another.
Thomas Merton
Let go of the thoughts that don’t make you strong.
Karen Salmansohn
We must learn how to live in the space of inner peace in our everyday lives.
Susan L. Taylor
There is a criterion by which you can judge whether the thoughts you are thinking and the things you are doing are right for you. The criterion is: Have they brought you inner peace?
Peace Pilgrim
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.
Siddhārtha Gautama
You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.
Eckhart Tolle
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer
Without inner peace, outer peace is impossible.
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso