Dryness leads us…
Dryness leads us gently from vocal prayer, where we learn to speak to God; to Meditation, where we think of God; to Contemplation, where our heart merely gazes upon Him with a love too deep for words.
–Mother Angelica (1923-2016)
Prayer begins by…
Prayer begins by talking to God, but it ends by listening to Him.
–Blessed Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
Two kinds of prayer…
Such is the difference between the two kinds of prayer. The water running through the aqueducts resembles sensible devotion, which is obtained by meditation. We gain it by our thoughts, by meditating on created things, and by the labour of our minds. In short, it is the result of our endeavors, and so makes the commotion I spoke of, while profiting the soul. The other fountain, like divine consolations, receives the water from the source itself, which signifies God.
–Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
The heart-to-heart….
Prayer, the heart-to-heart, must never end.
–Blessed Elizabeth of the Trinity (1880–1906)
Prayer is the…
Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
–Saint John Vianney (1786-1859)
Prayer is a plant…
Prayer is a plant, the seed of which is sown in the heart of every Christian, but its growth entirely depends on the care we take to nourish it. If neglected, it will die.
–Blessed Catherine McAuley (1778-1841)
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