God reveals himself to those who wait for that revelation and who don't try to "tear at the hem of a mystery" forcing disclosure. - Catherine Doherty

Every third-grader knows that prayer is the lifting up of one's heart and mind to God. But there are many ways of lifting. It begins with vocal prayer, the one all of us are so familiar with. It goes on to mental prayer and meditation, a prayer that all too many people are unfamiliar with. This "lifting" also includes the prayer of silence, the prayer of the heart, contemplative prayer, unknown to still more people.

To pass through the door that leads to God's kingdom, we must go down on our knees.

Faith allows us to enter peacefully into the dark night which faces everyone of us at one time or another.