week 35: Basil of Caesarea

Steer the ship of my life, Lord, to your quiet harbor, where I can be safe from 
the storms of sin and conflict. Show me the course I should take. Renew in me 
the gift of discernment, so that I can see the right direction in which I should 
go. And give me the strength and the courage to choose the right course, even 
when the sea is rough and the waves are high, knowing that through enduring 
hardship and danger in your name we shall find comfort and peace.

week 34: Edith Stein

Who are You, sweet Light, that fills me
And illumines the darkness of my heart?
You lead me like a mother's hand,
And should You let go of me,
I would not know how to take another step.
You are the space
That embraces my being and buries it in Yourself.
Away from You it sinks into the abyss
Of nothingness, from which You raised it to the light.
You, nearer to me than I to myself
And more interior than my most interior
And still impalpable and intangible
And beyond any name:
Holy Spirit eternal love!

week 33: Brother Lawrence

For my part I keep myself retired with Him in the depth of center of my soul as much as I can; and while I am so with Him I fear nothing;