My Lenten book for this year is ‘Love Unknown’ by Ruth Burrows OCD, over the next few weeks I’ll be posting a small extract from her book that stood out for me.
Ruth says: “As Carmelite nuns, prayer is our life; prayer is our principal work for the Church and for the world. WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE!
Think what it is for a Carmelite to feel such a failure at prayer, not just now and then, but day after day, year after year! I lived with this searing anxiety for many, many years.”
As a priest myself, I feel Ruth’s frustration and anxiety at the failure of daily prayer.
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