Never Less Alone Than When Alone

Numquam minus solus, quam cum solus

(Never less alone than when alone)

When one is alone, one can invite into his life anyone he wishes.

Alone, we have the opportunity to invite God into the silence.  When we open our hearts in faith to that presence of God, we can also do something quite paradoxical.  Alone with God, we can tap the reality of any and every person and every situation in the world.

This is why the contemplative life is dedicated so much to the benefit of the world.  This is why those behind the walls, so to speak, are so much for those who live outside of them in the world.  They invite them in.

We are never really alone when we see with the eys of faith.  If we do not perceive this truth we then need to join the prayer of the two blind men of Jericho, "Lord, let our eyes be opened" (Matthew 20:33).

Latin Sayings for Spiritual Growth

by Archabbot Lambert Reilly, OSB