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Worship, in all its grades and kinds, is the response of the creature to the Eternal: nor need we limit this definition to the human sphere.  There is a sense in which we may think of the whole life of the Universe, seen and unseen, conscious and unconscious, as an act of worship, glorifying it… Continue reading Fourth Sunday in Lent: Worship and Response – Evelyn Underhill

It is one of the most distressing aspects of personal religion that we all waste so much of the very limited time which we are able to give it.  The waste can be classified under two main heads: distraction and dryness.  No one escapes these, but it concerns us all to reduce them as much… Continue reading Saturday of the Third Week in Lent: Distraction and Dryness – Evelyn Underhill

Christianity, of course, has often been described as a “life.”  The early Christians themselves called it not a belief, but a “way” – a significant fact, which the Church too quickly forgot; and the realist who wrote the Fourth Gospel called its founder both the life and the way.  But these terms have been employed… Continue reading Friday of the Third Week in Lent: The Way – Evelyn Underhill