What is suitable…
His Majesty knows best what is suitable for us; it is not for us to advise him what to give us, for He can rightly reply that we know not what we ask.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
If we do not receive…
Won’t you agree with me that, if we do not receive what we ask God for, it is because we do not pray with faith, with a sufficiently pure heart, with enough trust, or because we do not persevere in prayer as we should? God has never denied and never will deny anything to those who ask for his graces in the right way.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
God is bountiful…
He who asks God for a real favor, obtains it, for God is bountiful and generous, and readily bestows His gifts.
— Saint Gregory Nazianzen (329-c. 391)
God often gives…
God often gives in one brief moment that which He has for a long time denied.
–Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)
Our good Redeemer…
Our good Redeemer, by speedily granting what is asked, draws to His love those who are grateful. But He keeps ungrateful souls praying a long time before Him, hungering and thirsting for what they want, since a badly trained dog rushes off as soon as it is given bread and leaves the giver behind.
–Saint John Climacus (c. 525-606)
Do not be sorry…
Do not be sorrowed if you do not immediately receive from God that which you asked for, because He desires to benefit you even more, through your patient perseverance in prayer. What is there indeed more superior to associating with God and conversing with Him?
–Saint Nilus of Sinai (d. 430)
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