Prayer is the inner bath of love into which the soul plunges itself.
-St. Jean Marie Baptiste Vianney
Pray without ceasing. – 1 Thessalonians 5, WEBBE
Prayer is not just asking God for the things we need or reciting some prayer we think we ought to regularly say. Prayer is spending time with the One Friend who loves you most. It is seeking His Presence whereby we find consolation, hope and strength. It is catching a glimpse of His face and thereby finding all that is beautiful and good and true. It is going back to what’s real, away from the distracting noise of the world that can never give us peace. It is connecting to everything that gives meaning to our lives.
Prayer is knowing we are not alone and there is Someone who understands all our hurts and our fears. When we pray, our souls find true rest as though it were returning to a home where there is warmth, acceptance and compassion. Without prayer, we’d feel empty and we’d eventually run out of strength. But with prayer, our burden becomes lighter, and even though we may still have to face the difficult tasks ahead, we find the faith we need to overcome our troubles. Prayer is a fountain of grace where God always waits for us so He can shower us with countless blessings.
My little children, your hearts, are small, but prayer stretches them and makes them capable of loving God. Through prayer we receive a foretaste of heaven and something of paradise comes down upon us. Prayer never leaves us without sweetness. It is honey that flows into the souls and makes all things sweet. When we pray properly, sorrows disappear like snow before the sun. – Saint John Vianney
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"Of Waves and Butterflies: Poems on Grief", "Mend My Broken Heart", "Questions to God", "To Love an Invisible God", "Defending My Catholic Faith", and more - click here.
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