Desire in prayer…
God wills that our desire should be exercised in prayer, that we may be able to receive what He is prepared to give.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
By thinking of the presence…
By habitually thinking of the presence of God, we succeed in praying twenty-four hours a day.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Be faithful to prayer…
If God grants you the gift of prayer, be faithful to it; take care, however, that you do not become slothful in the practice of virtues and the imitation of Jesus.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Pray according to the Holy Spirit…
I do not tell you to pray in my way, but in that of God. Leave your soul at liberty to receive the divine impressions according to God’s pleasure. We should pray according to the dictates of the Holy Spirit.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Stay in your own heart…
Stay in the solitude of your own heart before God, and keep three lamps burning before the altar– faith, hope, and love — before the presence of God in your heart.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
This repose of the soul in God…
“O amiable Goodness!” “O infinite Charity!” “O my God and my All!” “O supreme Sweetness!” Make these aspirations, or any others, as God will inspire you; but remember that if, in making one of these short prayers of love, your soul regain her peace and recollection in God, it is unnecessary to make a second; continue, rather, this silence, this repose of the soul in God, which includes excellently all the acts that we can ever make.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
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