Guigo II the Carthusian: The Ladder of Monks
The indescribable sweetness of the blessed life,
is sought through reading, found in meditation, asked for in prayer and savored
in contemplation. This is precisely what the Lord says: Search, and you will find;
knock, and the door will be opened for you" (Mt 7:7). Seek by reading, and
you will find by meditating. Knock by praying, and you will enter by
contemplating. I would like to say that reading brings the substantial food to
the mouth; meditation grinds and chews it; prayer tastes it, and contemplation
is the sweetness itself that delights and restores. Reading keeps to the rind,
meditation enters into the marrow, prayer expresses the desire, but
contemplation takes pleasure in savoring the sweetness obtained.
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