But rather about guilt that accomplishes a good purpose. We honour God by doing that, by not putting ourselves down, by believing in our God-given worth in spite of our failings. I call guilt of this kind prophetic guilt, and it can be a very vibrant, important part of our prayer, I think. Love can help us continue doing things that are right. Loves takes the place of guilt, when that guilt is prophetic.
Spirituality is all about generosity.
We can get involved in generous actions even before we feel generous. This is another way of breaking through our image of ourselves which is too narrow, too ungenerous in its own right. God is much more generous to us than we are to ourselves. In my book, among other things I wanted to examine the real, concrete reasons why people do not pray. Thomas Merton said that we are always in over our heads in prayer.