Peace and Presence of God

I got up to the hermitage about nightfall. Wonderful silence, saying Compline gently and slowly with a candle burning before the icon of our Lady. A deep sense of peace and truth, that this was the way things are supposed to be… (Thomas Merton’s Journals, Dancing in the Waters of Life, vol V, October 13, 1964)

Tonight was one of those nights where I sought the peace and presence of God… God did not disappoint ❤️🌹 My prayer for you, dear reader, is that you too will find that peace and presence of God…