Amanda Quain

Saint Teresa of Ávila, a sixteenth-century Carmelite nun famous for her writings about contemplative prayer, once wrote to nuns in her own order, admonishing them to remember while doing their household chores that "the Lord walks among the pots and pans, helping you both interiorly and exteriorly."

Since coming across this quote, I have seldom entered my kitchen without pausing a moment to reflect upon the idea of my Lord and Savior, the great God of the universe, waiting there for me to encounter Him next to my stove or sink.