“Listen with the Heart- Sacred Moments in Everyday Life” - Joan Chittister.

Joan Chittister manages to capture the essence, import & meaning of rituals that are common to monasticism & in many ways to us all. They are an invitation to families & parishes, to individuals & to groups everywhere, to make the mundane meaningful again. “Never assume that you can always tell the difference between darkness & light as some of the most penetrating insights we ever experience come out of the deepest darkness.” ‘Silence is another form of sound.’ It is the sound that introduces us to ourselves: to what we’re really thinking to what we’re really feeling, to what we really fear. Out of these sounds comes the resurrection of the self. And - “If we pray consciously we will some day,  become an unconscious prayer”. She tells of the importance of naming - “Naming is a Holy act. It confers uniqueness on a person; it brings character into existence.” 
Peninsula Parish 882, Sheed & Ward, Oxford, UK. 2003.