Maintain interior silence…
Always maintain interior silence, speaking seldom to creatures, but often to God by your works, suffering and doing all for love of Him.
–Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)
Generosity is…
Generosity is at the heart of the Christian life, just as it is at the heart of the Gospel. For it is often through our generosity that we are able to bring the love of God to life in others in very real and tangible ways. God is by his very nature generous. God wants to convince us of his generosity, and in turn wants us to live generous lives.”
–Matthew Kelly (1973-
Prayer is like…
Prayer is like a great love. When you start dating the silence can be awkward, but as you grow to know each other you can sit in silence for hours and just being with each other is a great comfort.
–Matthew Kelly (1973-
Hard to repent…
It is hard to repent, because we find it hard to trust God to be merciful; because we shield ourselves from recognizing our own sinfulness; and because the murky realm of our sins is something we don’t even understand very well.
–Frederica Mathewes-Green (1952-
Your prayer-room…
The apostle [Paul] teaches us to pray anywhere, while the Savior says Go into your room – but you must understand that this “room” is not the room with four walls that confines your body when you are in it, but the secret space within you in which your thoughts are enclosed and where your sensations arrive.That is your prayer-room, always with you wherever you are, always secret wherever you are, with your only witness being God.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)
Pray urgently and often…
Jesus told us to pray urgently and often, so that our prayers should not belong and tedious but short, earnest and frequent. Long elaborate prayers overflow with pointless phrases, and long gaps between prayers even stretch out into complete neglect.
–Saint Ambrose of Milan (339-397)
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