'Many a time, face to face with nature, I come upon the manifestations of His power, His wisdom, His beauty.
Sunset, and flowers, and the sea, and moonlight, and morning star are so many reminders of God beneath the surface, the Great Reality sustaining all, holding the universe in the hollow of His hand.
Often alone, undistracted by men, untroubled by things, I look into my soul and find Him there, the Hidden God, ever good and patient towards me, ever gentle and loving and divinely merciful and infinitely generous...'
(from The Living Pyx of Jesus by A Religious, Pelligrini, 1941, pp.149-150)
Painting: Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida, Italian Girl with Flowers
