"For me, prayer is a surge of the heart;
it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and
of love, embracing both trail and joy." St. Thérèse of
Lisieux (quoted in Catechism of the Catholic
Church, par. 2558).
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Jean-François Millet,
Angelus
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"If a man prays to God and perceives that
he is praying, he is not perfectly attentive to his prayer. He
diverts his attention from God, to whom he prays, in order to think of the
prayer by which he prays. ... Do you wish to contemplate God? Then
turn your gaze on Him, and be attentive to that. If you reflect and
turn your eyes down upon yourself to see how you look when you look at
Him, then it is not God that you behold; it is your own behavior, it is
yourself. A man in fervent prayer does not know whether he prays or not,
for he does not think of the prayer he makes, but of God, to whom he makes
it." St. Francis de Sales.
"A Catholic, without prayer? It is the same as a
soldier without arms." "We Catholics, children of God, speak with our
Father who is in heaven." St. Josemaría Escrivá.
