Rory McEntee

“action should flow from our contemplation. It should not be a sideline or something inherently different, but should be integrated in our prayer and meditation…unless meditation is fed by concern with people's problems and the world's problems it loses its depth. There is no rivalry between contemplation and action.6”
― Rory McEntee, New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living

“One of life's wonders is the uniqueness of everything that is created, every bird and every butterfly, every cloud and every raindrop. The Great Artist has made everything different—no two brushstrokes on life's canvas are the same—and each moment is new and never repeated. On the spiritual journey this uniqueness is embraced and lived—it is the journey from the alone to the Alone. No one else can make this journey for us: it is our heart that cries out, our feet that bleed. And yet this unique path takes us into the realization of the oneness that is at the core of our being and within all of life. All is one, and each cell embodies and reflects this primal oneness—the unity of being.”
― Rory McEntee, New Monasticism: An Interspiritual Manifesto for Contemplative Living