--- title: "2 M. Basil Pennington Quotes - Famous Religious role" description: "American religious servant... | M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O. (1931–2005) was an American Trappist priest and leading spiritual writer, speaker, teacher..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/m-basil-pennington-111097_god-knows_the-pilgrims-continue-to-come-only-god-k_170711.jpg" --- # M. Basil Pennington (1931–2005) Religious Role **2** quotes in **4** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet M. Basil Pennington was a religious role. ## Quick Facts About M. Basil Pennington Born July 28, 1931 Died June 3, 2005 Profession Religious Role ## About M. Basil Pennington American religious servant... \| M. Basil Pennington, O.C.S.O. (1931–2005) was an American Trappist priest and leading spiritual writer, speaker, teacher, and director. He became known internationally as one of the major proponents of the centering prayer movement begun at St. Joseph's Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, during the 19 ## Quotes by M. Basil Pennington > [“The pilgrims continue to come. Only God knows what each one of us brings, and with what kind of heart. We come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-basil-pennington/the-pilgrims-continue-to-come-only-god-knows-what-each-one-of-us/) [M. Basil Pennington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-basil-pennington/) [God knows](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god-knows/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c00/m-basil-pennington-111097_god-knows_the-pilgrims-continue-to-come-only-god-k_170711.jpg) > [“Unfortunately, in seeing ourselves as we truly are, not all that we see is beautiful and attractive. This is undoubtedly part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-basil-pennington/unfortunately-in-seeing-ourselves-as-we-truly-are-not-all-that-we-see-2/) [M. Basil Pennington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-basil-pennington/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bde/m-basil-pennington-111097_love_unfortunately-in-seeing-ourselves-as-we_1877870.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-basil-pennington/#itemlist", "name": "M. Basil Pennington Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The pilgrims continue to come. Only God knows what each one of us brings, and with what kind of heart. We come mystically to this cave. We know the mess we bring and the often distracted heart that brings it. But this is all we have--all we are. One stretches out his arms to receive.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "M. 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