The Indispensable Religious Act —- Prayer

“When you pray, you only have to ask for two things: You should ask for the light to see the will of God, and you have to ask for the courage to be able to do the will of God.” — Venerable Msgr. Aloysius Schwartz

“There is nothing the devil fears so much, or so much tries to hinder, as prayer.”
— St. Philip Neri

“In your love, Lord, answer our humble prayer: give us the grace to see what we have to do and the strength to do it.”  —-  Unknown

“I pray that I may be faithful to my part of God’s covenant.  I pray that I may strive to walk in Jesus’ footsteps rather than to preserve my position the way it is.”   —- Unknown

“The highest good is prayer and conversation with God, because it means that we are in God’s company and in union with him. When light enters our bodily eyes our eyesight is sharpened; when a soul is intent on God, God’s inextinguishable light shines into it and makes it bright and clear.”   Psuedo-Chrysostum

“For when we cannot choose words in order to pray properly, the Spirit himself intercedes on our behalf in a way that could never be put into words.”   St. Paul

“Prayer is nothing else than union with God. When the heart is pure and united with God it is consoled and filled with sweetness; it is dazzled by a marvellous light. In this intimate union God and the soul are like two pieces of wax moulded into one; they cannot any more be separated. It is a very wonderful thing, this union of God with his insignificant creature, a happiness passing all understanding.”    St. John Vianney

“Prayer is faith; faith is commitment; commitment is wholehearted or it is no commitment at all.”      Benedict XIV

“Charity, good works, and love of one’s neighbors are all essential attributes of the good Catholic, but the one indispensable attribute for a Catholic is the communication with God….this is called Prayer. Pray always and then some more!!”  JTE

“For me prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trial as well as joy. Finally, it is something… which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus.” St. Theresa The Little Flower

“Genuine prayer is never “good works,” an exercise or pious attitude, but it is always the prayer of a child to a Father.”  Attributed to St. Theresa

“As breath is to the body, prayer is to the soul.”  Unknown