For a man to argue, 'I don't go to church; I pray alone,' is no wiser than if he should say, 'I have no use for symphonies; I believe only in solo mu….

Prayer is listening as well as speaking, receiving as well as asking; and its deepest mood is friendship held in reverence. So the daily prayer shoul….

It appears that when life is broken by tragedy God shines through the breach..

Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving; prayer is a support for all other efforts..

Faith is the response of our spirits to beckonings of the eternal..

Prayer is not a vain attempt to change God's will; it is a filial desire to learn God's will and to share it. Prayer is not a substitute for work: it….

God's providence is not in baskets lowered from the sky, but through the hands and hearts of those who love him. The lad without food and without sh….

We need deliberately to call to mind the joys of our journey. Perhaps we should try to write down the blessings of one day. We might begin; we could ….

Life is essentially a series of events to be lived through rather than intellectual riddles to be played with and solved..

Intercession is more than specific: it is pondered: it requires us to bear on our heart the burden of those for whom we pray..