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From silly devotions and from sour-faced saints good Lord deliver us.

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Granting that we are always in the presence of God yet it seems to me that those who pray are in His presence in a very different sense for they as...more

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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.

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Authentic prayer changes us, unmasks us, strips us, indicates where growth is needed.

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All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles.

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Reflect carefully on this, for it is so important that I can hardly lay too much stress on it. Fix your eyes on the Crucified and nothing else will be...more

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. . . you must not build upon foundations of prayer and contemplation alone, for, unless you strive after the virtues and practice them, you will neve...more

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Mental prayer is, as I see it, simply a friendly intercourse and frequent solitary conversation with Him who, as we know, loves us.

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...aconsejaría yo a los que tienen oración, en especial al principio, procuren amistad y trato con otras personas que traten de lo mismo. Es cosa impo...more

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It is of great importance, when we begin to practise prayer, not to let ourselves be frightened by our own thoughts.

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O infinite goodness of my God! It is thus that I seem to see both myself and Thee. O Joy of the angels, how I long, when I think of this, to be wholly...more

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I used unexpectedly to experience a consciousness of the presence of God, or such a kind that I could not possibly doubt that He was within me or that...more

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Prayer and comfortable living are incompatible.