The Center for Spiritual Formation and Retreat

08/03/2026

“Grant to us, Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who cannot exist without you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen”

Proper 14a

05/03/2026

Did you know, over at our Substack, we post weekly Scripture readings on Mondays and a spiritual formation related quote on Wednesdays?

This week, we are spending a few moments with Jeanne Guyon, an 18th century French Christian. In her beautiful work, Experiencing the Depth of Jesus Christ, she invites us to consider what it means to sit, quietly, in the presence of Jesus.

04/30/2026

"And grace,
which is the flowing,
creative activity, of love itself,
is what makes all goodness possible."

“There is a desire within each of us,

04/15/2026

“When there is union of love, the image of the Beloved is so sketched in the will, and drawn so intimately and vividly, that it is true to say that the Beloved lives in the lover and the lover in the Beloved. Love produces such likeness in this transformation of lovers that one can say each is the other and both are one.”

Ralph Martin, The Fulfillment of All Desire

“When there is union of love, the image of the Beloved is so sketched in the will, and drawn so intimately and vividly, that it is true to say that the Beloved lives in the lover and the lover in the Beloved.