Vincent de Paul Quotes About Prayer
-
We should spend as much time in thanking God for his benefits as we do in asking him for them.
→ -
But the blessed Bishop of Geneva taught his nuns another kind of prayer, which even the sick can make: to remain peacefully in the presence of God, manifesting our needs to Him with no other mental effort, like a poor person who uncovers his sores and by this means is more effective in inciting passers-by to do him some good than if he wore himself out trying to convince them of his need.
→ -
God often delays the conclusion of a holy endeavor so that those involved in it might merit its grace by the length of the work, their patience, and their prayers. This is why I beg you not to grow weary in yours. Although He may delay, He will reveal that it is pleasing to Him, if it is done, nevertheless, in a spirit of resignation regarding the outcome.
→ -
[I]t is the maxim of the saints that when a matter has been decided in the presence of God after many prayers and the seeking of advice, we must reject and consider as a temptation whatever is suggested to the contrary.
→ -
If after so much effort and prayer, the matter is not successful, it will be a clear sign that God does not will it.
→ -
. . . Our Lord humbles in order to raise up, and allows the suffering of interior and exterior afflictions in order to bring about peace. He often desires some things more than we do, but wants us to merit the grace of accomplishing them by several practices of virtue and to beg for this with many prayers.
→
Related Authors
-
-
-
Therese of Lisieux Saint -
John Vianney Parish priest -
Pio of Pietrelcina Saint -
-
Frederic Ozanam Saint -
Anthony of Padua Priest -
Clare of Assisi Saint -
Teresa of Avila Saint -
Paul the Apostle Founding Figure -
Elizabeth Ann Seton Canonized -
Catherine Laboure Saint -
-
Ignatius of Loyola Hermit -
Bernadette Soubirous Saint -
Madeleine Sophie Barat Saint -
Pope John Paul II Priest -
Saint Francis de Sales Bishop of Geneva -
Francis of Assisi Saint