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"Nothing but prayer can make saints because nothing but God can make saints, and we meet God in prayer. Prayer is the hospital for souls where we meet Doctor God."
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"Then we have to pray for the light of the Holy Spirit to shine in people's lives."

"God wants us to humbly and sincerely ask him things. How often do you enjoy people talking about you without taking the time to get to know you?"

"Pray for your needs, not your greed."

"Jesus taught us how to pray because The Lord's Prayer is the spiritual image of the Ten Commandments."

"Is there any greater act then praying for all people from every nation?"

"A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward."

"Is there any purity like prayer?"
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"One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth."


"Prayer is easier than we think. we want to think it is too hard or too high and holy for us, because that gives us an excuse for not doing it. This is false humility. We can all do it, even the most sinful, shallow, silly, and stupid of us."


"Honesty is a moral virtue, a matter of the will. Honesty means willing the truth with the whole of your heart. This demands sacrifice. We have little hope of attaining honesty unless we realize how demanding it is. It demands sacrifice of self-will, self-image, the desire to win, and the comfort of being right.The 'honesty often praised today is usually only emotional honesty with others, not intellectual honesty with one's self; only 'letting it all hang out, not asking what is the real truth. Sometimes 'honesty is only a code word for shamelessness. Rarely does it mean the absolute, fanatical, selfless love of truth."


"We must pray in order to grow, and we must grow because Infinite Love will not, cannot, settle for less than the greatest joy of which his beloved creature is capable."


"We can't believe what we believe to be untrue, and we can't love what we believe to be unreal."


"The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why he gives us dryness, sufferings, and failures."


"One moment of prayer, of weak worship, confused contrition, tepid thanksgiving, or pitiful petition will bring us closer to God than all the books of theology in the world."
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