Quotes about prayer
prayer mind matter
Prayer is the raising of the mind to God. We must always remember this. The actual words matter less. Pope John XXIII
prayer sunday important
Our prayer cannot be reduced to an hour on Sundays. It is important to have a daily relationship with the Lord. Pope Francis
prayer understanding may
May each family rediscover family prayer, which helps to bring about mutual understanding and forgiveness.
prayer moving heart
One form of prayer moves us particularly to take up the task of evangelization and to seek the good of others: it is the prayer of intercession. Let us peer for a moment into the heart of Saint Paul, to see what his prayer was like. It was full of people: "...I constantly pray with you in every one of my prayers for all of you... because I hold you in my heart" (Phil 1:4, 7). Here we see that intercessory prayer does not divert us from true contemplation, since authentic contemplation always has a place for others.
prayer heart self
When evangelizers rise from prayer, their hearts are more open; freed of self-absorption, they are desirous of doing good and sharing their lives with others.
prayer struggle miracle
Miracles happen. But prayer is needed! Prayer that is courageous, struggling and persevering, not prayer that is a mere formality.
prayer suffering helping
In these times of suffering prayer is of even more help,
prayer praying hungry
You pray for the hungry. Then you feed them. That's how prayer works.
prayer heart cfs
Apostolic and missionary fruitfulness is not principally due to programmes and pastoral methods that are cleverly drawn up and "efficient", but is the result of the community's constant prayer (cf. "Evangelii Nuntiandi," 75). Moreover, for the mission to be effective, communities must be united, that is, they must be "of one heart and soul" (cf. Acts 4:32), and they must be ready to witness to the love and joy that the Holy Spirit instils in the hearts of the faithful (cf. Acts 4:32). Pope Benedict XVI
prayer humble mean
The cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble worker in the Lords vineyard. The fact that the Lord can work and act even with insufficient means consoles me, and above all I entrust myself to your prayers.
prayer heart support
Thank you from the heart to all those who in various ways are near me or follow me spiritually with affection and prayers from afar. To each one of you, I ask you to continue to support me by praying to God to let me be his gentle and firm pastor of his church.
prayer moving heart
Popular piety is one of our strengths because it consists of prayers deeply rooted in people's hearts. These prayers even move the hearts of people who are somewhat cut off from the life of the Church and who have no special understanding of faith. All that is required is to 'illuminate' these actions and 'purify' this tradition so that it may become part of the life of the Church today.
prayer father news
Deeply saddened by the news of the terrorist attacks in central London, the Holy Father offers his fervent prayers for the victims and for all those who mourn.
prayer heart utterance
O, when the heart is, full, when bitter thoughts come crowding thickly up for utterance, and the poor common words of courtesy are such a very mockery, how much the bursting heart may pour itself in prayer! Nathaniel Parker Willis
prayer heart dark
T is the work of many a dark hour, many a prayer, to bring the heart back from an infant gone.
prayer heart giving
Prayer gives us a pure heart and a pure heart can do much. Mother Teresa
prayer real catholic
Real prayer is union with God,...
prayer real catholic
Real prayer is union with God, a union as vital as that of the vine to the branch..
prayer demand doe
Prayer does not demand that we interrupt our work, but that we continue working as if it were a prayer.
prayer heart eye
Christ prays in me, Christ works in me, Christ thinks in me, Christ looks through my eyes, Christ speaks through my words, Christ works with my hands, Christ walks with my feet, Christ loves with my heart. As St Paul's prayer was: I belong to Christ and nothing will separate me from the love of Christ. It was that oneness, oneness with God in the Holy Spirit.
prayer heart able
Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.
prayer silence
The beginning of prayer is silence ...
prayer long want
Let's not pray long, drawn-out prayers, but let's pray short ones full of love. Let us pray on behalf of those who do not pray. Let us remember, if we want to be able to love, we must be able to pray!
prayer heart love-is
We must love one another as God loves each one of us. To be able to love, we need a clean heart. Prayer is what gives us a clean heart. The fruit of prayer is a deepening of faith and the fruit of faith is love. The fruit of love is service, which is compassion in action.
prayer compassion order
In order for us to be able to love, we need to have faith, because faith is love in action and love in action is service. In order for us to be able to love, we have to see and touch. Faith in action through prayer, faith in action through service: each is the same thing, the same love, the same compassion.
prayer creative joy
Joy is the characteristic by which God uses us to re-make the distressing into the desired, the discarded into the creative. Joy is prayer-Joy is strength-Joy is love-Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.
prayer tears shed
More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
prayer father oneness
It is not possible to engage in the direct apostolate without being a soul of prayer. We must be aware of oneness with Christ, as he was aware of oneness with his Father. Our activity is truly apostolic only insofar as we permit him to work in us and through us with his power, with his desire, with his love.
prayer love-is fruit
The fruit of love is service, the fruit of service is peace, and peace begins with a smile.
prayer soul holiness
Prayer is the breath of life to our soul; holiness is impossible without it
prayer fruit purity
Purity is the fruit of prayer.
prayer gestures all-things
Prayer is in all things, in all gestures.
prayer book weapons
When I was crossing into Gaza, I was asked at the checkpost whether I was carrying any weapons. I replied: Oh yes, my prayer books.