Pray to be…
Pray firstly to be purified of passions, secondly to be freed from ignorance and forgetfulness, and thirdly to be delivered from all temptation and forsaking.
–Saint Nilus of Sinai (d. 430)
Pray to be…
First of all pray to be purified from your passions. Secondly, pray to be delivered from ignorance. Thirdly, pray to be freed from all temptation and abandonment.
–Evagrius Ponticus (345-399)
All souls in Hell…
All souls in hell are there because they did not pray. All the saints sanctified themselves by prayer.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)
Love to pray…
Love to pray. Feel often during the day the need for prayer and take trouble to pray. God is always speaking to us. Listen to Him. He wants from us deep love, compassion and forgiveness.
–Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Mental prayer should be daily…
Life is shaped by rhythms: the rhythm of heartbeat and breathing, the rhythm of day and night, of meals, of weeks, and so on. Mental prayer should become a daily event as vital to us as the basic rhythms of existence. It should become the breathing of our souls.
–Jacques Philippe (1947-
On your knees…
It’s impossible to lose your footing when you’re on your knees. –Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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