Violence for the Kingdom

Hope you are keeping that regular time of prayer. Of course it is not easy. Nothing important is easy. Mt 11:12 says "The kingdom of heaven suffereth violence." Meaning: even to attain the kingdom of heaven, which is within us, we must do vioence to ourselves. You know, die to self (laziness, disorganization, selfishness) and place God as a priority - even putting aside some GOOD thing for the ONE that is better.

Prayer by St. Theresa: "O my God, Trinity whom I adore, help me to become entirely forgetful of self, that I may establish myself in You, as changeless and as calm as though my soul were already in eternity! May nothing disturb my peace nor draw me forth from you, O my immutable Lord! but may I penetrate more deeply every moment into the depths of Your mystery. Give peace to my soul, make it Your heaven, Your cherished dwelling place, Your home of rest. Let me never leave You alone, but keep me ever there, all absorbed in You, in living faith, adoring You and wholly yielded up to You creative action!"

Oh, I could never write like her! Praised be God in His angels and His Saints!