You will be able to pray…
Strive to render your mind deaf and dumb at the time of prayer, and then, you will be able to pray.
–Evagrius Ponticus (345-399)
Lord told us to pray…
The Lord told us to pray in secret – that means in your heart – and he instructed us to “shut the door.” What is this door he says we must shut, if not the mouth? For we are the temple in which Christ dwells, for as the Apostle said: “You are the temple of the Lord.” And the Lord enters into your inner self into this house, to cleanse it from everything that is unclean, but only while the door — that is, your mouth – is closed shut.
–Saint Aphrahat the Persian 270-345)
If God seems slow…
If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Taught to pray…
So that we might obtain this life of happiness, he who is true life itself taught us to pray, not in many words as though speaking longer could gain us a hearing. After all, we pray to one who, as the Lord himself tells us, knows what we need before we ask for it.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)
Regulate the heart before prayer…
It is as necessary to regulate the heart before prayer and meditation as to tune the guitar before playing it.
–Saint Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562)
It is the heart that prays…
According to Scripture, it is the heart that prays. If our heart is far from God, the words of prayer are in vain.
–Catechism of the Catholic Church #2562
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