“But no matter what my eyes report, there is beauty that lives under the skin, under the surface, under the standards set up for me by outside arbiters of what is good and true. Those arbiters are not always so reliable. They can be bought and sold. They can be marketed and manufactured. The real standards, the ones set forth by the One who made me, are solid, knitted into me at my beginning. This beauty is true and real, and it lives within the heart. It is my heart that must be trained to recognize this beauty.” BeautyHealthBody Image Book:Garden in the East: The Spiritual Life of the Body Source: Garden in the East: The Spiritual Life of the Body
“Sometimes, late at night, the words are only whispers– Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God. The quiet is kindness and gratitude and calm–Have mercy on me, a sinner. And I fall asleep like that, the words of the Jesus Prayer melting from English to Greek– Kyrie Iesou Christe. Floating around me– Yie tou Theou. Swimming apart from me– Eleison me.” ConversionCatholicismLiturgyEastern OrthodoxyJesus Prayer Book:Nearly Orthodox: On Being a Modern Woman in an Ancient Tradition Source: Nearly Orthodox: On Being a Modern Woman in an Ancient Tradition