The dry, weary earth of my heart cannot live without refreshing water. My longing is for the divine waters to flow gently over the parched earth of my life and bring healing and coolness. I thirst for the divine water that heals and cleanses and restores newness of life. . . .I think God wants me to experience a vital need for him, a thirsty, loving longing that nothing created can satisfy. He will not let me be satisfied with anything less than himself. He wants to give himself to me like a cup of cool water. . . None of God’s gifts can quench my thirst but only the supreme gift which is himself.

-Father Charles Cummings, O.C.S.O.