Pray also in joy and abundance…
You pray in your distress and in your need; would that you might pray also in the fullness of your joy and in your days of abundance.
–Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931)
Prayer at anytime…
Make sure that you do not limit your prayer merely to a particular part of the day. Turn to prayer at anytime.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
The name of God…
In times of affliction, unceasingly call out to the merciful God in prayer. The unceasing invocation of the name of God in prayer is a treatment for the soul which kills not only the passions, but even their very operation. As a doctor finds the necessary medicine, and it works in such a way that the sick person does not understand, in just the same way the name of God, when you call upon it, kills all the passions, although we don’t know how this happens.
— Saint Barsanuphius the Great (Sixth Century)
Find suitable time…
Every one should find some suitable time, day or night, to sink into his depths, each according to his own fashion. Not every one is able to engage in contemplative prayer.
–Johannes Tauler (c. 1300-1361)
Morning prayer is…
The essence of morning prayer is to thank God for sleep, rest and regained strength and to pray that He will help us do everything to His glory. Express this to Him with your mind and with your whole heart.
–Saint Theophan the Recluse (1815-1894)
Why pray at church…
You cannot pray at home as at church, where there is a great multitude, where exclamations are cried out to God as from one great heart, and where there is something more: the union of minds, the accord of souls, the bond of charity, the prayers of the priests.
–Saint John Chrysostom (347-407)
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