And so I saw full surely that before ever God made us, he loved us. And this love was never quenched nor ever shall be. And in this love he is done all his works, and in this love he made all things profitable to us, and in this love our life is everlasting. In our making we had beginning, but the love in which he made us was in him from without beginning.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)
Prayer is nothing else but union with God. In this intimate union, God and the soul are fused together like two bits of wax that no one can ever pull apart. This union of God with a tiny creature is a lovely thing. It is a happiness beyond understanding.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God’s gift of Himself.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
We must love one another as God loves each one of us. To be able to love, we need a clean heart. Prayer is what gives us a clean heart. The fruit of prayer is a deepening of faith and the fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Silence like the sunlight will illuminate you in God.
–Thomas Merton (1915-1968)
