Find suitable time…
Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Give thanks to…
Give thanks to Jesus Christ as soon as you get up in the morning for the blessings and graces he gives us continually, having created you to his own image and likeness, and having given us the grace of being Christian.
–Saint John of God (1495-1550)
Pray as you can…
Pray as you can, not at you can’t.
–John Chapman (1865-1933)
The only way to pray is…
The only way to pray is to pray; and the way to pray well is to pray much. If one has no time for this, then one must at least pray regularly. But the less one prays, the worse it goes.
–John Chapman (1865-1933)
How to pray…
You don’t know how to pray? Put yourself in the presence of God, and as soon as you have said, ‘Lord, I don’t know how to pray!” you can be sure you have already begun.
— Saint Josemaria Escriva (1902-1975)
Talk about what?
You write, “To pray is to talk with God. But about what?” About what? About Him, about yourself—joys, sorrows, successes and failures, noble ambitions, daily worries, weaknesses! And acts of thanksgiving and petitions—and Love and reparation. In a word, to get to know him and to get to know yourself—”to get acquainted!”
–Saint Josemaría Escrivá (1902-1975)
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