True prayer is undistracted, prolonged, performed with a contrite heart an alert intellect. The vehicle of prayer is everywhere humility, and prayer is a manifestation of humility. For being conscious of our own weakness, we invoke the power of God.
–Saint Nektarios of Aegina (1846-1920)
What is prayer if not a long love dialogue in which the soul lays bare to God all its needs, its delights, its love, and its gratitude.
–Ronda Chervin (1937-
God dwells within. Our soul is God’s palace! Conversation with him is without bounds or limits. As long as we will enter within ourselves, and as long a time as we will remain, we may enjoy this heavenly conversation in perfect liberty.
–Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821)
In vocal prayer we go to God on foot. In meditation we go to God on horseback. In contemplation we go to God in a jet.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine which is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by the storm. It is the root, the fountain, the mother of a thousand blessings.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
Prayer opens the understanding to the brightness of Divine Light, and the will to the warmth of Heavenly Love – nothing can so effectually purify the mind from its many ignorances, or the will from its perverse affections. It is as a healing water which causes the roots of our good desires to send forth fresh shoots, which washes away the soul’s imperfections, and allays the thirst of passion.
–Saint Francis de Sales (1567-1622)
