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)
Every true prayer is…
Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul “prays in us with unspeakable groanings.”
–Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (1891-1942)
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