STM Catholic Church

We are a Catholic parish in the Jesuit tradition. All are welcome!

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There are many ways to pray. Find the way that makes your soul sing. And pray that way every day.

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"Our faith depends on a vital and personal relationship with the living and true God. This relationship is rooted in prayer."
— Sister Mary Kathleen Glavich, SND

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"All virtues are rooted in divine love or charity."
Father Thomas Keating, OCSO

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"But the silence in the mind
is when we live best, within
listening distance of the silence
we call God."
— R. S. Thomas

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"God's incarnation opens the way to man's deification."
Bishop Kallistos Ware

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"We need to relearn ancient Christian ways of reading and listening. As we recover silence, these will tend to arise naturally."
Maggie Ross

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The separation of theology from ‘spirituality’ is a disaster.
— Thomas Merton
A Course in Christian Mysticism

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“ When we are too intent in our search for something, we can look at it a hundred times without seeing it.”
St. Francis de Sales

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How can we learn the language of God? The same as with any other language, with time and practice. Tom Elitz, SJ, preaches on learning the language of God in today’s One-Minute Homily: https://t.co/iEkYx6EI54

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When we put something beautiful into the world, it is Genesis all over again. We are engaged in divine work.
Barbara Brown Taylor

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There are no unsacred places; there are only sacred places and desecrated places.
— Wendell Berry

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"The father spoke one Word, which was his Son, and this Word he speaks always in eternal silence, and in silence must it be heard by the soul."
— Saint John of the Cross

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The Bible says "God is love" (1 John 4:8, 16). So one of the best ways to connect with God is to cultivate your own capacity for love (which includes kindness, compassion, friendship, and charity).

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Want to read a wonderful book on prayer? Check out James Martin, SJ's "Learning to Pray" — it's accessible, down-to-earth, deeply spirituality, and filled with good advice about how to start your deepen your lifelong adventure of intimacy with God. https://t.co/0hNU6IJqwc

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"For the fullness of joy is to behold God in all."
— Julian of Norwich, English mystic

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"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?" — Micah 6:8

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"Silence is God’s first language; everything else is a poor translation."
— Thomas Keating, OCSO