Listen rather than speak…
When you place yourself in God’s presence, endeavor rather to listen to Him than to speak to Him, and strive more to love Him than to learn from Him.
–Saint John of Avila (1500-1569)
The life of prayer…
The life of prayer is just love to God, and the custom of being ever with Him.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Begin again to pray…
There is no other remedy for this evil of giving up prayer than to begin again.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Silence of the heart…
Enter into yourself, leave behind all noise and confusion. God speaks to us in the great silence of the heart.
— Saint Augustine (354-430)
Steadfast in prayer…
Whether, therefore, we receive what we ask for, or do not receive it, let us still continue steadfast in prayer. For to fail in obtaining the desires of our heart, when God so wills it, is not worse than to receive it; for we know not as He does, what is profitable to us.
— Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Dryness in prayer…
If in times of dryness in prayer we make acts of humility, self-knowledge, protestations of our own inability to help ourselves, and petitions for God’s assistance, all this is real and substantial prayer.
— Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
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