When we begin to realize that the darkness is light, and that ever so slowly the Lord of Love is fashioning in us the eyes to see, the dominant motif of our prayer becomes gratitude—gratitude even, and perhaps especially, for the trials which have previously caused us misery, since we now realize that it is precisely through these trials that the Lord is fashioning in us the resurrection man. And our greatest joy, our greatest expression of gratitude, is to be able to share with others the good news which we have learned: “Our purpose in writing you this is that our joy may be complete!” (1 John 1:4). –‘When the Well Runs Dry: Prayer Beyond the Beginnings’ Father Thomas H. Green, S.J.