Quotes

Created for prayer…

It seems as if we were created for prayer. Prayer is the only bond that links us to God. It stands before our hearts as the eternal life, which is our hope. Prayer is the condition in which we discover our own divine image, on which the stamp of the Holy Trinity is impressed. When we lose prayer, we actually lose the glory of our image, and we no longer resemble God in any way. God draws us to himself through prayer, and through prayer we mysteriously travel toward him in a manner too deep to understand. In fact, through prayer we draw God to ourselves, and he comes to us and makes his home with us.
–Matthew the Poor aka Matta El-Meskeen (1919-2006)

God’s help…

None of our own attempts and efforts can save us without the help of God, but neither can God’s help be beneficial to us without our own wish for it.
–Saint John Maximovich (1896-1966)

God does everything…

God does everything possible to be near, small, close by and accessible. –Emil Merch (1890-1940)

The mystery of grace…

That is the mystery of grace: it never comes too late.
–François Mauriac (1885-1970)

Humility is…

Humility is not thinking less of yourself but thinking of yourself less.
–CS Lewis (1863-1929)

Humility is the foundation…

Humility is the foundation of Sanctity. During His earthly life, Our Lord Jesus gave us ineffable examples of this virtue which all Christians may imitate. The Kingdom of Heaven, in fact, belongs to those who know how to “become little ones and choose the last place.”
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)

Seek the lowest place…

God who is infinite, all powerful, has become man, the least of men. My way is always to seek the lowest place, to be as little as my master, to walk with him step by step as a faithful disciple. My way is to live with my God who lived this way all his life and who has given me such an example from his very birth.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)

Humility is all…

It pleased God to make it easy for us to be saved. He didn’t attach salvation to knowledge or intelligence or wealth, nor to long experience or rare gifts that are not given to all. He attached it to something within the reach of everyone, absolutely everyone. Jesus attaches salvation to humility, to the act of making yourself little. That is all it takes to win heaven.
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)

God’s grace can…

What is impossible for humans is possible for God: ‘Caritas omnia sperat’ – ‘Love hopes for everything’. God loves and can do anything. God respects the freedom God gave to humankind but God does not hold back when freely giving graces. God’s grace can be such that it overturns all obstacles and brings the calm after the storm. Let us know how to obtain powerful graces from the one who said: ‘Ask and you shall receive‘ and ‘When two or more of you are gathered in prayer, I am among you.’
–Blessed Charles De Foucauld (1858-1916)

Truly this symbol…

Truly this symbol [the Cross] is thought despicable; but it is so in the world’s reckoning, and among men; in Heaven and among the faithful it is the highest glory. –Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)

The perfection of learning…

The perfection of learning is to know God in such a way that, though you realize he is knowable, yet you know him as indescribable.
–Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 300-368)

Some arbitrary interpretation…

For there have risen many who have given to the plain words of Holy Writ some arbitrary interpretation of their own, instead of its true and only sense, and this in defiance of the clear meaning of words.
–Saint Hilary of Poitiers (c. 300-368)

Prayers and alms…

It cannot be doubted that the prayers of the Church, the Holy Sacrifice, and alms distributed for the departed relieve those holy souls and move God to treat them with more clemency than their sins deserve. It is the universal practice of the Church, a practice that she observes as having received it from… the holy Apostles.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

A true sacrifice…

A true sacrifice is anything that we do with the aim of being united to God in holy fellowship – anything that is directed towards that supreme good and end in which alone we can be truly blessed… as the Latin word indicates: “sacri-ficium,” “holy-doing” or “holy-making.” Man himself can be a sacrifice, if he is consecrated in the name of God, and vowed to God – a sacrifice in so far as he dies to the world in order to live to God.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

A living sacrifice…

Saint Paul starts by exhorting us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, as an act of homage justly owed to him. He tells us not to conform ourselves to the world but to be transformed by renewing our will and our thinking: seeking to find out the will of God, to discover what is good, what is acceptable, what is perfect; for we ourselves are the whole of that sacrifice.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Even amidst temptations…

Even here amidst trials and temptations let us, let all men, sing alleluia. God is faithful, says holy Scripture, and he will not allow you to be tried beyond your strength. So let us sing alleluia, even here on earth. Man is still a debtor, but God is faithful. Scripture does not say that he will not allow you to be tried, but that he will not allow you to be tried beyond your strength. Whatever the trial, he will see your through it safely, and so enable you to endure. You have entered upon a time of trial but you will come to no harm – God’s help will bring you through it safely. You are like a piece of pottery, shaped by instruction, fired by tribulation. When you are put into the oven therefore, keep your thoughts on the time when you will be taken out again; for God is faithful, and he will guard both your going in and your coming out.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

When the soul is reduced…

Only when the soul is reduced to nothing, the highest degree of humility, will the spiritual union… with God be an accomplished fact.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Attentiveness to God…

Preserve a loving attentiveness to God with no desire to feel or understand any particular thing concerning him.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

The purest suffering…

The purest suffering brings with it the purest and most intimate knowledge [of God], and consequently the purest and highest joy.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Keep spiritually tranquil…

Keep spiritually tranquil in a loving attentiveness to God, and when it is necessary to speak, let it be with the same calm and peace.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Obedience is…

Obedience is a penance of reason, and, on that account, a sacrifice more acceptable than all corporal penances and mortifications.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Thy holy will…

Lord Jesus, without reserve, without an if, without a but, without exception, without limitation, may thy holy will be done in all things, at all times.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Choose some saints…

Choose some particular saints that you may enter more deeply into their spirit and imitate them, and have a special confidence in their intercession.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

When you are sick…

When you are sick offer to Christ our Lord all your pains, your suffering, and your langur, and beseech Him to unite them to those He bore for you.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Suffer and offer up…

Suffer and offer up those trifling injuries, those petty inconveniences, that daily befall you. This toothache, this headache, this cold, this contempt, or that scorn. All these small sacrifices, being accepted and embraced with love, are highly pleasing to the Divine Goodness, who for a single cup of cold water has promised a sea of perfect bliss for His faithful.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

How black darkness is…

One must have passed through the tunnel to understand how black its darkness is.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)

Love our nothingness…

We must love our nothingness and think only of the ALL which is infinitely lovable.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)

Holiness consists in…

Holiness consists simply in doing God’s will, and being just what God wants us to be.
–Saint Therese of Lisieux (1873-1897)

Meaning and purpose….

It has been my experience that nothing changes a person’s life more than the discovery of one solitary truth: There is a meaning and purpose to life. More specifically: There is a meaning and purpose to your life.
–Matthew Kelly (1973-

Without discipline…

You cannot be healthy and happy without discipline. If you want to measure the level of happiness in your life, just measure the level of discipline in your life. You will never have more happiness than you have discipline.
–Matthew Kelly (1973-

Time to pray and read…

If you don’t have time to pray and read the scriptures, you are busier than God ever intended you to be.
–Matthew Kelly (1973-

Reading is to the mind…

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul.
–Matthew Kelly (1973-

Never get enough…

We can never get enough of what we don’t really need.
–Matthew Kelly (1973-

Two can give hope…

Two people with unlit lamps can give hope to one another as they remember together the One who is their Light.
–Macrina Wiederkehr (Twentieth Century)

Be the Church…

Be the Church – that is, be an evangelical movement that tells the world of God’s passionate love for humanity. That, not institutional maintenance, is what the Church is for. When the Church is that, and does that, it flourishes…
–George Weigel (1951-

Mary is the richest…

Everything is given and everything comes from the mercy of God, not from our merit but from the free love of God. Mary is the richest of all creatures, the holiest and the most beautiful, but also the humblest and poorest because she knows that she has received everything from God.
–Jacques Philippe (1947-

The heart gives thanks…

There is a little secret in the spiritual life: The more the heart gives thanks, the more God gives, even when life isn’t perfect, even when we don’t have everything we need or want. The more we thank God, the more our heart is open to receive even more of his mercy and his gifts.
–Jacques Philippe (1947-

Establish the Church..

God gathered a people to himself in the Old Testament and in the fullness of time sent his Son to establish the Church as the sacrament of unity for all humanity. God calls each of us to belong to this great family. None of us become Christians on our own; we owe our relationship with God to so many others who passed on the faith, who brought us for Baptism, who taught us to pray and showed us the beauty of the Christian life: our parents and grandparents, our priests, religious and teachers. But we are Christians not only because of others, but together with others. Our relationship with Christ is personal, but not private; it is born of, and enriched by, the communion of the Church. Our shared pilgrimage is not always easy: at times, we encounter human weakness, limitations, and even scandal in the life of the Church. Yet God has called us to know him and to love him precisely by loving our brothers and sisters, by persevering in the fellowship of the Church and by seeking in all things to grow in faith and holiness as members of the one body of Christ.
–Pope Francis (1936- June 25, 2014

Attracted by beautiful vestments…

Anyone who is attracted merely by glittering censors, incense and beautiful vestments, he, first of all, will fall down before Antichrist.
–Blessed Seraphim (Rose) of Platina (1934-1982)

God caresses the hearts…

At all times God caresses the hearts of all the people with His love, but we are not aware of it because our hearts have gathered a crust. When man has cleansed his heart, he is deeply moved and madly excited, because he can then see the benefactions, the blessings of God, Who loves all people in the same way. For those who are suffering, God is pained; for those who are living a spiritual life, He rejoices.
–Saint Paisos the Athonite (1924-1994)

Imagined the church as a…

I have often imagined the Church as a large tree with one branch at one extreme and another branch at the other extreme. The branches do not know one another but are receiving sap from the same trunk and they share the same life.
–Oscar Romero (1917-1980) (30 September 1979)

Send your treasures…

Send your treasures to the heavenly storage room. Deposit your wealth in God’s Bank, distributing it to the poor, the orphans and the widows, so that you can receive a million times more in the Second coming of Christ…
–Joseph the Hesychast (1897-1959)

When prayer becomes contemplative…

When prayer becomes contemplative, we may no longer say any words; we listen to the messages that come to us from God. Receiving is a greater act than giving.
–Charles Journet (1891–1975)

Part of the cross…

Even if Jesus lays on us some part of the Cross, He is there to help us bear it with self, sacrifice and love.
–Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)

By loving contemplation…

Nothing is better able to correct our defects of character, give us a keen desire to resemble our Lord, lead us to imitate Him in everything, and arouse the highest virtues in us. Some characters will succeed in reforming themselves only by the loving contemplation of the divine Master; for we imitate those whom we love, without being conscious of doing so.
–Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange (1877–1964)

10 Ways to Open our Minds to Truth

10 Ways to Open our Minds to Truth

1. Remove ignorance.
2. Remove prejudice.
3. Remove error,
4. Dismiss false principals.
5. Restore the mind.***
6. Cure fickleness.
7. Remedy inordinate curiosity.
8. Moderate rashness.
9. Conquer obstinacy.
10.Overcome spiritual blindness.
–Peter Geierman (1870-1929)

*** “To restore his mind even partially man must purge himself of conceit and selfishness, pray humbly for divine guidance, and seriously concentrate his energies on what is most essential to his calling.”

To control anger…

To control anger it is above all necessary
(1) to practice humility, because pride is always at the bottom of anger;
(2) to resist the first impulse to anger;
(3) to keep silence when provoked and resolve not to act on the spur of the moment;
(4) to remember that often no injury or insult was intended; (5) to consider the example of Jesus;
(6) to practice meekness;
(7) to think of the injury you do to yourself and the scandal you may give by anger;
(8) to combine the motives of reason and faith by keeping silence when angry, by offering the injury to God and suffering it in patience.
Then, thank God for the occasion of self-conquest and the victory, and pray for the one who has injured you.
–Peter Geierman (1870-1929)

Tell your spiritual father…

Tell everything to your spiritual father, and the Lord will have mercy on you and you will escape delusion. But if you think that you know more about the spiritual life than your spiritual father, and you stop telling him everything about yourself in confession, then you will immediately be allowed to fall into some sort of delusion, in order that you may be corrected.
–Saint Silouan the Athonite (1866-1938)

Our own worst enemies…

There is no doubt that at times we ourselves can be our own worst enemies. Maybe it’s because our self-love makes us see little mosquitoes as if they were elephants, or perhaps it might be that we lack submission to the will of God. I do know that this happens when we neglect prayer, mortification, and humility, but if we ask Our Lord for these virtues, we will receive them. I want you to be happy, at peace in all circumstances of your life, offering Our Lord your sorrows and your joys because everything comes from His loving hand for the good of our souls.
–Blessed Luisitia Josefa (1866-1937)

All things are coming from God…

My child, try to see all things as coming from God. Receive everything that happens with serenity. Humble yourself, asking Him to do everything for you and continue working with tranquility for the good of your own soul which is the most urgent thing for you to do. Look to God, your soul, and eternity, and for all the rest, do not preoccupy yourself. For greater things you were born.
–Blessed Luisitia Josefa (1866-1937)

Visits to Jesus…

Make frequent visits to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament and the devil will be powerless against you.
–Saint John Bosco (1815-1888)

The most Holy Sacrament…

The Most Holy Sacrament is a gift which has proceeded from pure love. For our salvation it was necessary, according to the decree of God, that the Redeemer should die, and, by the sacrifice of his life, satisfy divine justice for our sins; but what necessity was there that Jesus Christ, after having died for our redemption, should leave himself to us for our food? But this his love wished to do. He, says Saint Laurence Justinian, instituted the Eucharist for no other purpose than to show his great charity, for no other purpose than to make us understand the immense love which he bears us.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

Walk in the straight road…

All would wish to be saved and to enjoy the glory of paradise; but to gain heaven, it is necessary to walk in the straight road that leads to eternal bliss. This road is the observance of the divine commandments. Hence, in his preaching, the Baptist exclaimed: ‘Make straight the way of the Lord.’
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

Act toward God as…

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

In the Eucharist Jesus gives…

Above all, no other sacrament so inflames souls with divine love as the sacrament of the Eucharist, in which Jesus Christ gives us his whole self, so to unite us all to him through holy love.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

Bring to Holy Communion…

The two principal dispositions which we should bring to Holy Communion are detachment from creatures, and the desire to receive Our Lord with a view to loving Him more in the future.
–Saint Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787)

This sacred banquet…

Always prepare yourself well for this sacred banquet. Have a very pure heart, and watch over your tongue, for it is on the tongue that the Sacred Host is laid. Carry Our Lord home with you after your thanksgiving, and let your heart be a living tabernacle for Jesus. Visit Him often in this interior tabernacle, offering Him your homage, and the sentiments of gratitude with which divine love will inspire you.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

We receive Holy Communion…

On the day that we receive Holy Communion we should endeavor to keep our hearts as living tabernacles of our Eucharistic Jesus, and then visit Him often with acts of adoration, love, and gratitude; this is what divine love will teach us.
–Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)

Be gentle as possible…

Be as gentle always as possible; and remember that you will catch more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a hundred barrels of vinegar. Such is the nature of the human mind; it rebels against severity, but gentleness renders it amenable to everything. A soft word appeases anger, as water extinguishes fire. No soul so ungrateful, but kindness can make it bear fruit. To speak truths sweetly is to throw burning coals, or rather roses, into a person’s face. How can anyone be angry with another who fights him with pearls and diamonds?
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Repose with Jesus…

To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest. There I find a life which I cannot describe, a joy which I cannot make others comprehend, a peace such as is found only under the hospitable roof of our best Friend.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

Nothing sweeter than love…

Nothing sweeter than love, nothing stronger or higher or wider, nothing is more pleasant, nothing fuller, and nothing better in heaven or on earth, for love is born of God and cannot rest except in God.
— Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)

Receive the Body…

Do what you can and do that carefully. Receive the Body of the Lord, your beloved God Who deigns to come to you, not out of habit or necessity, but with fear, with reverence, and with love.
–Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)

Jesus feeds us…

A mother feeds her child with her milk, but our beloved mother Jesus feeds us with himself. In tender courtesy he gives us the Blessed Sacrament, the most treasured food of life.
–Saint Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)

The Blessed Eucharist…

The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord’s Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

The Eucharist is…

The Eucharist is the consummation of the whole spiritual life.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Sacrament of love…

The Eucharist is the Sacrament of Love; It signifies Love, It produces Love.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

A single sunbeam…

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
–Saint Francis of Assisi (1181–1226)

When I found truth…

Where I found truth, there found I my God, who is the truth itself.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Humility exalts the heart…

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Vices and sins…

The will is truly free, when it is not the slave of vices and sins.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

When we part…

When we part from one another, let us not depart from Him.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Humility is the…

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

If a man and woman marry…

But if a man and a woman marry in order to be companions on the journey through earth to heaven, then their union will bring great joy to themselves and to others.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)

Humility must accompany…

Humility must accompany all our actions, must be with us everywhere; for as soon as we glory in our good works they are of no further value to our advancement in virtue.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

Foundations of humility…

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundations.
–Saint Augustine (354-430)

This solemn feast…

My friends, consider the greatness of this solemn feast that commemorates God’s coming as a guest into our hearts! If some rich and influential friend were to come to your home, you would promptly put it all in order for fear something there might offend your friend’s eyes when he came in. Let all of us then who are preparing our inner homes for God cleanse them of anything our wrongdoing has brought into them.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)

Hypocrites simulate

Who can be ignorant how much the heron and the hawk surpass all other birds in the swiftness of their flight? But an ostrich has the likeness of their wing, but not the celerity of their flight.nFor it cannot in truth rise from the ground, and raises its wings, in appearance as if to fly, but yet never raises itself from the earth in flying. Thus, doubtless, are all hypocrites, who, while they simulate the conduct of the good, possess a resemblance of a holy appearance, but have no reality of holy conduct.
–Saint Gregory the Great (c. 540-604)

The spirit of humility…

The spirit of humility is sweeter than honey, and those who nourish themselves with this honey produce sweet fruit.
–Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)

Grace is a…

Grace is a certain beginning of glory in us.
–Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Silence inside us…

There is a huge silence inside each of us that beckons us into itself, and the recovery of our own silence can begin to teach us the language of heaven. –Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

Let God be God…

God expects but one thing of you, and that is that you should come out of yourself in so far as you are a created being made and let God be God in you.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

Grace is from God…

Grace is from God, and works in the depth of the soul whose powers it employs. It is a light which issues forth to do service under the guidance of the Spirit. The Divine Light permeates the soul, and lifts it above the turmoil of temporal things to rest in God. The soul cannot progress except with the light which God has given it as a nuptial gift; love works the likeness of God into the soul.
–Meister Eckhart (1260-1328)

Prove yourself humble…

Allow no pride to dwell in you, but prove yourself so humble and lowly that all may walk over you and trample upon you as dust in the streets!
–Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)

The grace of God…

When the grace of God comes to us we can do all things, but when it leaves us, we become poor and weak, abandoned, as it were, to affliction. Yet, in this condition we should not become dejected or despair. On the contrary, we should calmly await the will of God and bear whatever befalls us in praise of Jesus Christ; for after winter comes the summer, after night comes the day, and after the storm, a great calm.
— Thomas a Kempis (1380-1471)

Be filled with humility…

He who loves perfection must be filled with humility like a lamp with oil: for lamps are full within and give light without, and their influence makes itself felt in whatever direction they are turned.
–Saint Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

Humility matters more…

Self-knowledge is so important that, even if you were raised right up to the heavens, I should like you never to relax your cultivation of it; so long as we are on this earth, nothing matters more to us than humility.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)

True humility makes…

True humility makes no pretense of being humble, and scarcely ever utters words of humility.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Practice love of neighbor…

It is a great part of our perfection to support one another in our imperfections; what better way is there for us to practice love of our neighbor save in this support?
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Perseverance will prove…

Be firm in your purposes and unswerving in your resolutions. Perseverance will prove whether you are sincerely sacrificing yourself to God and dedicating yourself to living a devout life.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

It is never too late…

It’s never too late to be who you might have been.
–George Eliot (1819-1880)

Christian contemplation is…

The secret of Christian contemplation is that it faces us with Jesus Christ toward our suffering world in loving service and just action.
–Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

A soul enkindles with…

A soul enkindled with love is a gentle, meek, humble, and patient soul.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

In tribulation draw near…

In tribulation immediately draw near to God with confidence, and you will receive strength, enlightenment, and instruction.
–Saint John of the Cross (1542-1591)

Vocal prayer consists…

Vocal prayer consists in making use of a ready-made formula of words provided for us, trying to mean what we say.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

The virtue of cheerfulness…

The virtue of cheerfulness requires that we should contribute to holy and temperate joy and to pleasant conversation, which may serve as a consolation and recreation to our neighbor so as to not weary and annoy him with our knit brows and melancholy faces.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

By prayer we speak to God…

To the extent that prayer is a colloquy, discussion, or conversation of the soul with God, then by prayer we speak to God and God in turn speaks to us. We aspire to God and breathe in God; God reciprocally inspires us and breathes upon us.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

Continue to trust in God…

Continue to trust in God. Do you think that the God who takes care to provide food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth – which neither sow nor reap – will ever forget to provide all that is necessary for the one who trusts wholly in His Providence, seeing that we are capable of being united to God, our sovereign good?
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)

A large heart…

We must have a large heart toward our neighbor, which means in affection, love and help, being ever ready to serve, to assist, to comfort, bear with and support in every way in our power, but cheerfully and cordially. A large heart is a heart ready for all sorts of inconveniences, an open heart that loves before all things the will of God.
–Saint Jane Frances de Chantal (1572-1641)

The Prayer of Jesus…

The Prayer of Jesus is said like this: Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Originally it was said without the addition of the word sinner: this word was added to the other words of the prayer later. This word, remarks Saint Nil Sorsky, which implies a consciousness and confession of the fall, is fitting for us and pleasing to God who has commanded us to offer prayers in acknowledgement and confession of our sinfulness.
–Saint Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867)

Pray in silent devotion…

As far as possible, you should pray in quiet silent devotion. Try to have a favorite topic of prayer, such as a devotion to the passion of Jesus, the Blessed Sacrament, awareness of the divine presence: go directly to Jesus without too much fuss.
–Saint Peter Julian Eymard (1811-1868)

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