“And because we must be led to God by things, they have therefore within them everything that is needed for the divine fulfillment of this task. It is, strictly speaking, their main role.
“All around us, Providence has placed hosts of silent messengers who can lead us without effort by paths of love to the holy springs of peace.
“Water, wood, fishes, the morning dew, the cock crowing at dawn, should all be able to inspire our prayer. Clothes and flowers, perfumes and pearls, the wind whistling past, the bread on the table, the jug, chair and roof”¦ all these things have been sanctified, all these things have been loaded with blessings and divine inspiration by the Word.”
Pierre Charles
The Prayer of All Things