Friday, January 23, 2015

Need Prosperity or More Blessings? Try This Prayer.......

The Prayer of Jabez
"There was a man named Jabez, who was the most respected member of his family. His mother had given him the name Jabez because his birth had been very painful. But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, 'Bless me God and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil, that might cause me pain.' And God gave him what he prayed for." (And God will give us what we pray for too, because we are striving for holiness and goodness and we will be blessed for our efforts! Amen!)
(1 Chronicles 4: 9-10)

Friday, January 16, 2015

St. Teresa of Avila on Prayer

"Prayer does not consist in saying much but in loving much."
"Prayer is a heart-to-heart conversation with Someone whom we know loves us."
St. Teresa-Extraordinary Woman, Mystical Saint and Doctor of the Church

Monday, January 5, 2015

Importance of Silence in the Spiritual Life

"True silence is rest to the mind, and it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body; nourishment and refreshment."
William Penn

"Be still and know that I am God."  (Ps. 46:10)

"Only in silence do we hear God speaking to the soul."  St. John of the Cross

"Go into your own ground of silence and learn to know yourself there."  Meister Eckhart