Quote for the Day

[Shin]

That reminds me of a prayer before sleeping, offering up one's heart to God. I wonder where I put it.

'The Lord did not disdain to work great miracles through him. For at one time the Holy Spirit revealed to him the coming of the Lombards into the Gauls and he foretold it as follows: "The Lombards," said he, "will come into the Gauls and will lay waste seven cities because their wickedness has grown in the sight of God, since no one understands, no one seeks God, no one does good to appease the anger of God. For all the people are unfaithful, given up to perjury, addicted to thievery, ready to kill, and from them comes no fruit of justice at all. Tithes are not paid, the poor are not fed, the naked are not clothed, strangers are not received with hospitality or satisfied with food. Therefore this affliction has come."'

St. Gregory of Tours

[odhiambo]

"Prayer is a door that opens up into the mystery of God and at the same time a means of communing with Him. It actuates the personal relationship with the Lord present in the very depths of the spirituality. Prayer is the gate of entry to the center of the castle - God's dwelling place in the soul - where He sits upon His throne as King."
St. Teresa of Jesus

[odhiambo]

“Prayer is the raising of one’s mind and heart to God or the requesting of good things from God.”
 Saint John Damascene.

[odhiambo]

"The prayer most pleasing to God is that made for others and particularly for the poor souls. Pray for them, if you want your prayers to bring high interest."
Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich

[odhiambo]

Let him never cease from prayer who has once begun it, be his life ever so wicked; for prayer is the way to amend it, and without prayer such amendment will be much more difficult.
St. Teresa of Avila

[George]

"One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer".
St. Teresa of Avila

[odhiambo]

"One must not think that a person who is suffering is not praying. He is offering up his sufferings to God, and many a time he is praying much more truly than one who goes away by himself and meditates his head off and, if he has squeezed out a few tears, thinks that is prayer".
St. Teresa of Avila

Good quote haji!
I however, think that suffering is a prayer only when accepted as the Will of God and offered to Him. If I resent the fact that I am suffering; think bitterly why it has to be me and not someone else, etc; can it still be a prayer really?

[Patricia]

I however, think that suffering is a prayer only when accepted as the Will of God and offered to Him. If I resent the fact that I am suffering; think bitterly why it has to be me and not someone else, etc; can it still be a prayer really?

True. Suffering when joyfully borne can bear fruit. I have many a times rejected crosses sent my way as unbearable to carry. 

[George]

Never sure what to say on this subject, one of my disabilities is my concentration, sorry. I believe God reads our hearts and minds, so lying is a useless sin. So I can't say I am joyful about my sufferings, I do accept them but I must confess reluctantly. I do offer them up and ask the Lord to forgive my weaknesses. When I read about the martyrs or am around others who suffer heroically I feel quite small, unworthy. It's something I am working on, I suppose I am a work in propress.
Praying for you all

[George]

God wishes to test you like gold in the furnace. The dross is consumed by the fire, but the pure gold remains, and it's value increases.
St. Jerome Emiliani

[Shin]

Amen. Amen.

[odhiambo]

Never sure what to say on this subject, one of my disabilities is my concentration, sorry. I believe God reads our hearts and minds, so lying is a useless sin. So I can't say I am joyful about my sufferings, I do accept them but I must confess reluctantly. I do offer them up and ask the Lord to forgive my weaknesses. When I read about the martyrs or am around others who suffer heroically I feel quite small, unworthy. It's something I am working on, I suppose I am a work in propress.
Praying for you all

You are right of course, God sees what is in our hearts.
Thanks for remembering us in your prayers.

[Patricia]

That which God commands seems difficult and a burden. The way is rough; you draw back; you have no desire to follow it. Yet do so and you will attain glory.

-- Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria

[George]

God measures our affliction according to our need.
St. John Chrysostom

[Shin]

I love these new quotes! 

[odhiambo]

The more you devote yourself to study of the sacred utterances, the richer will be your understanding of them, just as the more the soil is tilled, the richer the harvest.

Saint Isidore of Seville.