Let’s return to that seminal prayer by St. Anthony: “Lord, I want to be saved, but these thoughts will not leave me alone. What shall I do in my distress? How can I be saved?” I imagine that we have each asked that question in our struggle to be quiet, stable, attentive and prayerful. We have perhaps felt where there are soft targets in our hearts and minds for the logismoi to invade. We have perhaps found prayer elusive. We might be asking ourselves along with St. Anthony: “how can I be saved?”

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