The Mystery Makes An Offer

"I will be your God" says That which cannot be put into Words or Thought

Ruth Burrows was the pen name of the British Carmelite nun Sister Rachel Gregory, who lived just over 100 years from 1923 to 2023. She wrote a number of books, with Guidelines for Mystical Prayer already becoming a contemporary classic of mystical literature. Throughout her writings we can find a deep contemplative sensibility, as seen in this passage f…