Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness..

If Christ spent an anguished night in prayer, if He burst out from the Cross, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" then surely we are also per….

The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, ….

Good poetry is like effective prayer, it feeds the human spirit, it nourishes, it puts us in touch with forces far greater than ourselves.

There is nothing that torments Satan more than the sight of a faithful in prayer..

I don't like when people say, 'I'll pray for you. I'm going to pray for you. Praying for you.' You're going to pray for me? So you're going to sit at….

We can have no power from Christ unless we live in a persuasion that we have none of our own..

Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the p….

The Cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble labourer in the vineyard of the Lord. The fact that the Lord knows how to work and to act even wit….

Prayer does not influence God. Prayer surely does influence God. It does not influence His purpose. It does influence His action..

Grant me the ability to be alone, May it be my custom to go outdoors each day among the trees and grasses among all growing things and there may I be….

The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing; but it is the chief thing. The great people of the earth today ar….

Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue..

Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living..

Prayer is the best response to hatred..

If there are two persons praying, there are three. If three meet to pray, there are four praying. There is always one more than you can see..

If there be anything that can render the soul calm, dissipate its scruples and dispel its fears, sweeten its sufferings by the anointing of love, imp….

While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it..

You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed..

Prayer is to the Christian what breath is to life, yet no duty of the Christian is so neglected..

A legalistic commitment to duration can kill one's prayer life..