I am preparing a retreat on Ignatian spirituality for this weekend. I find this quote by Henri Nouwen on the role of discipline in our spiritual lives, which I very much liked:
"In the spiritual life, the word discipline means 'the effort to create some space in which God can act.' Discipline means to prevent everything in your life from being filled up. Discipline means that somewhere you're not occupied, and certainly not preoccupied. In the spiritual life, discipline means to create that space in which something can happen that your hadn't planned or counted on."
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