Learning how to pray…
A most excellent means of learning how to pray, is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord.
— Saint Philip Neri (1515-1595)
Many words and long discourses…
I do not advise you to use multiplicity of words in prayer: many words and long discourses being often the occasions of wandering. Hold yourself in prayer before God, like a dumb or paralytic beggar at a rich man’s gate.
— Brother Lawrence (1614-1691)
Speak in thanksgiving…
Speak to God in thanksgiving and you will get graces more and more abundantly.
— Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Prayers acceptable to God…
A little lifting of the heart suffices; a little remembrance of God, one act of inward worship are prayers which, however short, are nevertheless acceptable to God.
— Brother Lawrence (1614-1691)
The chief exercise of prayer…
The chief exercise of prayer is to speak to God and to hear God speak in the bottom of our heart.
— Saint Francis de Sales, (1567-1622)
Stretch forth your…
Stretch forth your hand towards God as an infant towards its father to be conducted by Him.
— Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
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