In a collection published for the first time after his death at fifty-two years old, the Irish poet and Celtic theologian John O'Donohue gives us a simple yet courageous pathway to enter the presence of God:

"While the great dramatic searches for God in new methods and modes of spirituality are admirable, one wonders how necessary they are. Simply by being still and silent, by coming into the stillness of your own heart, you will find the God that is waiting there within you for your arrival home."

O'Donohue continues: "In being your self completely, you clear the clutter and accretions that have formed around your emotions, spirit, and mind. In being your self, your original essence can approach the place it came from, that is, God."

Thank you, John, for being your self completely. Thanks be to you, and thanks be to God. World without end, Amen.

John O'Donohue's words are quoted from page 18 of Four Elements: Reflections on Nature.