There is no affliction, trial, or labor difficult to endure, when we consider the torments and sufferings which Our Lord Jesus Christ endured for us.
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Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Prayer is an intimate and loving communication with God.
This quote by Teresa Of Avila emphasizes that prayer should not be viewed as a formal or distant action, but rather as a personal and friendly interaction with God, who loves and cares for us. The idea is to approach prayer with the mindset of conversing with a beloved friend, fostering a deep and meaningful relationship with the divine.
Themes
PrayerConversationLoveSpiritualityFaith
In practice
Example use cases
Using this quote in a sermon to emphasize the importance of personal prayer.
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What friends or kindred can be so close and intimate as the powers of our soul, which, whether we will or no, must ever bear us company?
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To converse with You, O King of glory, no third person is needed, You are always ready in the Sacrament of the Altar to give audience to all. All who desire You always find You there, and converse with You face to face
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If we do not use great care to mortify our will, there are many things which can deprives us of the holy freedom of spirit that we are seeking in order to fly more freely to our Creator, without always being bogged down with the clay of this earth. Moreover, there can never be solid virtue in a soul that is attached to its own will.
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I say the same of humility and of all the virtues; the wiles of the devil are terrible, he will run a thousand times round hell if by so doing he can make us believe that we have a single virtue which we have not. And he is right, for such ideas are very harmful, and such imaginary virtues, when they come from this source, are never unaccompanied by vainglory; just as those which God gives are free both from this and from pride.
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