Quotes on Prayer

He who prays most receives most.
St. Alphonsus Ligouri (1696-1787)

When prayer is poured forth, sins are covered.
St. Ambrose (340-97)

By prayer, man gives God the greatest glory possible.
St. Peter Julian Eymard (1811-68)

Diligence in prayer is the perfection of the Gospel.
St. Aloysius Gonzaga (1568-91)

Prayer is to our soul what rain is to the soil. Fertilize the soil ever so richly, it will remain barren unless fed by frequent rains.
St. John Vianney (1786-1859)

It is essential to begin the practice of prayer with a firm resolution of persevering in it.
St. Teresa of Avila (1515-82)

By humble and faithful prayer, the soul acquires, with time and perseverance, every virtue.
St. Catherine of Siena

When you ask the Holy Spirit to help you pray well, put yourself for a moment in the presence of God.
St. Louis de Montfort (1673-1716)

God is more anxious to bestow His blessings on us than we are to receive them.
St. Augustine (354-430)

He who fights even the smallest distractions faithfully when he says even the very smallest prayer will also be faithful in great things.
St. Louis de Montfort (1673-1716)

The grating in a ... monastery is not to keep the sisters in, but to keep the world out.
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

"... there are not two kinds of answers to prayer but three: One is "Yes". Another is "No". The third is "Wait".
Bishop Fulton J. Sheen

"Prayer can truly change your life. For it turns your attention away from yourself and directs your mind and your heart toward the Lord."
Pope John Paul II

"You can pray while you work. Work doesn't stop prayer and prayer doesn't stop work. It requires only that small raising of the mind to Him."
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"Everything starts from prayer."
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"If we really want to pray, we must first learn to listen: for in the silence of the heart God speaks."
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"Love to be true has to begin with God in prayer."
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"God has created us to love and to be loved, and this is the beginning of prayer - to know that He loves me, that I have been created for greater things."
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"When we contemplate God, we are made like unto God."
Julian of Norwich (14th cent.)
"... the rosary is being presented as a genuinely evangelical prayer and even as a way of teaching people how to ponder over the scriptures in prayer and faith."

"the rosary is very well adapted to teaching the life of faith."

"The rosary, which is a school of life open to the simplest of people, far from tying them down to the rudiments of the faith, leads them step by step along the paths of meditation, prayer and contemplation of the Lord. It teaches us to leave words behind when we pray."

He causes his prayers to be of more avail to himself, who offers them also for others.
St. Gregory the Great (d.604)

He knows how to live well who knows how to pray well.
St. Augustine (354-430)

We ought to be persuaded that what God refuses to our prayer, He grants to our salvation.
St. Augustine (354-430)

It is simply impossible to lead, without the aide of prayer, a virtuous life.
St. John Chrysostom (347-407)

As our body cannot live without nourishment, so our soul cannot spiritually be kept alive without prayer.
St. Augustine (347-430)

quiet time

"Talkativeness is the throne of vainglory, on which it loves to show itself and make a display. Talkativeness is a sign of ignorance, a door to slander, a guide to jesting, a< servant of falsehood, the ruin of godly conviction, a creator and summoner of hopelessness, a precursor of sleep, the dissipation of recollection, the

abolition of watchfulness, the cooling of zeal, the darkening of prayer."
~St. John Climacus

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Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.




Benjamin Franklin

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St. Bonaventure wrote:

"I have come into religion to live not as others live, but to live as all ourt to live, in the spirit of the Institute and full observance of the Rule; for, at my entrance, the Riles were given me to read, and not the lives of others.
The Rules were then accepted by me voluntarily and as the basis of my life, and therefore I ought to observe them all exactly, although I should see that no one else observed them."



Next months virtue:  Simplicity

Chesterton Quote

"Only men to whom the family is sacred will ever have a standard by which to criticize the state." "The Eclipse of Liberty," Eugenics and Other Evils

Did you know?

• Pope Benedict XVI has a pilot's license for the papal helicopter and likes to fly from the Vatican to the papal summer residence, Castel Gandolfo, but the pope does not have a driver's license as he never learned to drive a car.

When those who are not supposed to sit in judgment do so, they very easily end up as gossiping old maids.


~St. Josemarie Escriva

All Christians profess humility, but few bear humiliations. Learn to value each one as a preparation for some great grace. It was after bearing insult and hardship that the Blessed Virgin Mary brought forth the Savior of the world.


~From Miniature Life of Mary, Virgin and Mother, 1880

“Whatever you do, think not of yourself, but of God.” (St. Vincent of Ferrer)

The ordinary arts we practice every day at home

are of more importance to the soul
than their simplicity might suggest.

~ St. Thomas Moore, martyr

Funny quote

Thought for the day:


Women are Angels.
And when someone breaks our wings...
we simply continue to fly, on a broomstick!!!
We are flexible like that.

What I am thinking about today.........

I am using "A Year with the Saints, A Virtue for Every Month of the Year" again this year.  The virtue for this month is morification.

"Whoever wishes to be greatest among you shall be your servant, even as the Son of Man has come not to be served but to serve, and give His life as a ransom for many." (gospel)
Today I shall do 5 little services for others without attracting attention.
*Sacred Heart of Jesus, may You be known, loved, and imitated.*

St Francis de Sales:
"It should be our principal business to conquer ourselves, and , from day to day, to go on increasing in strength and perfection.  Above all, however, it is necessary for us to strive to conquer our little temptations, such as fits of anger, suspicions, jealousies, envy, deceitfulness, vanity, attachments, and evil thoughts.  For in this way we shall acquire strength to subdue greater ones."

and, I really want to sew!  Look at these neat notebooks - I am going to make some!
Sew Mama Sew fabric notebooks tutorial
I love comp books, I use them for everything!!!!!!!
Haven't seen a .25cent clearance sale in a long time though - I am getting low.

One of the funniest things I ever read.

Hello! Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline,
your HMO's full service crisis intervention facility.



If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.

If you are co-dependent, please ask someone to press 2.

If you have multiple personalitites, please press 3,4,5, and 6.

If you are paranoid-delusional, we know who you are and what you want.
Stay one the line.
We are already tracing your call.
If you are schizophrenic, listen carefully and a little voice will tell you which number to press.

If you are depressed, it doesn't matter which number you press.
No one will answer.

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"While it is obvious that an ignorant man can be virtuous, it is equally obvious that ignorance is not a virtue." -
Frank Sheed

"Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the freedom to do what we ought."
JP II