Lord, so close at hand and so concrete,
let me savor You at length,
in all that quickens and all that fills to overflowing,
in all that penetrates and all that envelops –
in sweetness of scent, in light, and love, and space.

— Teilhard de Chardin in Teilhard de Chardin: A Book of Hours by Teilhard de Chardin, Kathleen Deignan (ed.), Libby Osgood (ed.)