"For me to be a saint means to be myself."  Thomas Merton


"The beginning of sanctity is loving ourselves as creatures of God.  And that means all of ourselves, even the parts of us that we wish weren't there, the parts of us that we lament."

  James Martin SJ


 Give it all up, the lamenting, the regrets, the going over mistakes.

I pray for that.  To not wish to be different than I am.

To accept all of myself and move forward whatever that means, wherever that takes me. that would be faith.

every day I begin again.


I pray that you can be a silent guide through the sea.