June 10, 1923: It came over me vividly at Communion today, that the whole of the life of Christ consists and always has in nothing at all but giving himself--to everyone who asks--pleasant or not--dingy beasts like me--anyone--making no demands back, cultivating no heavenly joy...
Well-known as a spiritual guide to her generation, teacher of prayer and conductor of retreats, and a prolific writer on theology and mysticism, Evelyn Underhill recorded her inner life--her private thoughts--in two notebooks, written between 1921 and 1936. Greene has combined...