There are two kinds of nun, out of the cloister or in. You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world’s hard work. –
Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm
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There are two kinds of nun, out of the cloister or in. You can serve or you can sing, and wreck your heart in prayer, working the world’s hard work. –
Annie Dillard, Holy the Firm
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I absolutely adore Annie Dillard. Such insightful words and always applicable words.
beautiful expression “wreck your heart in prayer”
When I graduated high school I headed straight for Mother Teresa’s convent in Harlem. I was going to be a nun. That didn’t work out for me, but I think I can safely say I have been wrecking my heart in prayer ever since….