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I can rest in the worship of Archangels, wherever I am, and no matter how great my weariness.

He showed me a place by His feet, in spirit, where I could curl up - as it were - as He prayed for all who are too weary to speak,

Christ is close to His friends, in every circumstance. One day Christ asked His Angels to wait at one side, in Holy Communion, as He sat down beside me, put out His hand to comfort me, and urged me to rest beside Him in my sickness and exhaustion.

Christ is close to His friends, in every circumstance. One day Christ asked His Angels to wait at one side, in Holy Communion, as He sat down beside me, put out His hand to comfort me, and urged me to rest beside Him in my sickness and exhaustion.

Resting in Christ within the soul is like stepping into eternity.

Even when storms surround us we can rest in Christ in prayer

If our sufferings make it hard to pray we can simply lean on the Cross, close to Christ, resting in Him, and patiently endure our difficulties.

If our sufferings make it hard to pray we can simply lean on the Cross, close to Christ, resting in Him, and patiently endure our difficulties.

The glory of God rested upon the 'Ark of the Covenant', a precious box surmounted by two cherubs, in which the tablets of the Commandments given by God to Moses were kept.

Once, sitting in prayer, making requests for myself and others, I was resting half into Heaven, it seemed, in utter peace.

A workman leans on his shovel amidst the mess and clutter of a building-site, not yet seeing the reason for all His labour: so it is with us as we persevere in faith!

God's grace pours through a devout soul, to others, as if through a window, yet the least speck of self-interest obstructs the flow.

Wonderful things can happen in the life of grace, no matter how restricted our life. Every trial, if accepted, gives glory to God.

The merest scrap of self-will causes the soul's union with God to be weakened, as when planks are glued together and pulled apart.

When someone rests like a child, in the Father's embrace, in prayer, that person cannot 'see' much precisely because of the closeness of that union.

When I am close to God, in sickness, putting my trust in Him, I am like a child who rests on her Father's shoulder.

When someone rests like a child, in the Father's embrace, in prayer, that person cannot 'see' much precisely because of the closeness of that union.

When I am close to God, in sickness, putting my trust in Him, I am like a child who rests on her Father's shoulder.

In the spiritual life, a staircase lies ahead, very steep, yet with resting places. At the top stands God's throne. The way is clear.

In the spiritual life, a staircase lies ahead, very steep, yet with resting places. At the top stands God's throne. The way is clear.