Page: Quotes, Prayer (why), Quote Topic
However hard we may try to know Christ without prayer, we would only know him as a Savior of people, a Redeemer of others, a Sanctifier of saints, a Justifier of sinners. We would remain deprived of all these gifts and graces. We will not receive them unless we first receive Christ through prayer within our lives. We should first make him at rest in our hearts so he may live in us. He should share everything with us and manage all our affairs.
–Matthew the Poor aka Matta El-Meskeen (1919-2006)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (how), Prayer (why), Quote Author, Quote Topic, Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Everything starts with prayer. Love to pray – feel the need to pray often during the day and take the trouble to pray. If you want to pray better, you must pray more. The more you pray, the easier it becomes. Perfect prayer does not consist of many words but in the fervor of the desire which raises the heart to Jesus.
–Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (why), Quote Topic, Spiritual (life)
The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this or that danger. The last and highest result of prayer is the knowledge of God–the knowledge which is eternal life–and by that knowledge, the transformation of human character and of the world.
–George John Blewett (1873-1912)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (what), Prayer (why), Quote Topic
In mental prayer, the soul is purified from its sins, nourished with charity, confirmed in faith, and strengthened in hope; the mind expands, the affectiond dilate, the heart is purified, truth becomes evident; temptation is conquered, sadness dispelled; the senses are renovated; the drooping powers revive; tepidity ceases; the rust of vices disappears. Out of mental prayer issue forth, like living sparks, thode desires of heaven which the soul conceives when inflamed with the fire of divine love. Sublime is the excellence of mental prayer, great are its privileges; to mental prayer heaven is opened; to mental prayer heavenly secrets are manifested and the ear of God is ever attentive.
–Saint Peter of Alcantara (1499-1562)
Contemplation, Page: Quotes, Prayer (why), Quote Topic, Struggle (with Sin)
Just as love and self-control destroy evil thought so contemplation and prayer destroy all self-exaltation.
–Saint Thalassios the Libyan (6th-7th Centuries)
Page: Quotes, Prayer (why), Quote Topic
Prayer cleanses from sin, drives away temptations, stamps out persecutions, comforts the fainthearted, gives new strength to the courageous, brings travelers safely home, calms the waves, confounds robbers, feeds the poor, overrules the rich, lifts up the fallen, supports those who are falling, sustains those who stand firm.
–Tertullian (c.160 – 225)
