Quotations about prayer

“You have heard that it was said, * ‘You shall not commit adultery;’* but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. If your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. “It was also said, ‘Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,’* but I tell you that whoever puts away his wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress; and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery. “Again you have heard that it was said to them of old time, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord your vows,’ but I tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can’t make one hair white or black. But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one. “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.’* But I tell you, don’t resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. Whoever compels you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks you, and don’t turn away him who desires to borrow from you. “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor,* and hate your enemy.*’ But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you, that you may be children of your Father who is in heaven.

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{5:17} Pray without ceasing.

Paul's First Letter to the Thessalonians 5:17

His (the pope's) dialogue with God lasted constantly, he needed to pray unceasingly, also in public places, in the presence of crowds. Action and contemplation in him seemed to be one and the same.

Joaquín Navarro-Valls about John Paul II

"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.

Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?

Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a serpent?

If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!

Matthew 7:7:11

This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more...

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 1:9

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Paul's Letter to the Philippians 4:6

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.

The Second Book of Chronicles 30:27

All things, whatever you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.

Matthew 21:22

Watch and pray, that you don't enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Matthew 26:41

Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil.

Léon Bloy

Therefore be of sound mind, self-controlled, and sober in prayer.

Peter's First Letter 4:7

O Lord, Father and God of my life, Give me not a proud look,

And turn away concupiscense from me.

Let not greediness and chambering overtake me; And give me not over to a shameless mind.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 23:4-6

And above all this entreat the Most High, That he may direct your way in truth.

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach 37:15

{5:16} Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
{5:17} Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn't rain on the earth for three years and six months.
{5:18} He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth brought forth its fruit.

The Letter from James 5:16-18

There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity, and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn't depart from the temple, worshipping with fastings and petitions night and day.

The Good News According to Luke 2:36-37

It happened in these days, that he went out to the mountain to pray, and he continued all night in prayer to God.

The Good News According to Luke 6:12

Seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray to Yahweh for it; for in its peace you shall have peace.

Jeremiah 29:7

When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.

Daniel 6:10

Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.

The Second Book of Chronicles, 30:27

And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith.

Matthew 21:22

Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord,
and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

The Letter from James 5:13-15

The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is the distance between your knees and the floor.

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Unceasingly prays he, who combines prayer with deeds and deeds with prayer. Only in this way the rule of praying without ceasing can be considered feasible.

Origen (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2745)

"Pray as if everything depended on God and work as if everything depended on you."

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS

To those who seek the kingdom of God and his righteousness, he has promised to give all else besides. Since everything indeed belongs to God, he who possesses God wants for nothing, if he himself is not found wanting before God.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 3 THE SEVEN PETITIONS

He "prays without ceasing" who unites prayer to works and good works to prayer. Only in this way can we consider as realizable the principle of praying without ceasing.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

Those who pray are certainly saved; those who do not pray are certainly damned.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

Nothing is equal to prayer; for what is impossible it makes possible, what is difficult, easy.... For it is impossible, utterly impossible, for the man who prays eagerly and invokes God ceaselessly ever to sin.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

Prayer is a vital necessity.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

It is possible to offer fervent prayer even while walking in public or strolling alone, or seated in your shop, . . . while buying or selling, . . . or even while cooking.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

"Pray constantly . . . always and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father." St. Paul adds, "Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance making supplication for all the saints." For "we have not been commanded to work, to keep watch and to fast constantly, but it has been laid down that we are to pray without ceasing."

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

...You don't have, because you don't ask. You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.

The Letter from James, 4

The humble are not surprised by their distress; it leads them to trust more, to hold fast in constancy.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

Prayer takes time, and saint pray and get done more in less time.

Tom Mohaghan

I love you, O my God, and my only desire is to love you until the last breath of my life. I love you, O my infinitely lovable God, and I would rather die loving you, than live without loving you. I love you, Lord, and the only grace I ask is to love you eternally.... My God, if my tongue cannot say in every moment that I love you, I want my heart to repeat it to you as often as I draw breath.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Chapter Two - The Tradition Of Prayer

Another temptation, to which presumption opens the gate, is acedia. the spiritual writers understand by this a form of depression due to lax ascetical practice, decreasing vigilance, carelessness of heart.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

The most common yet most hidden temptation is our lack of faith. It expresses itself less by declared incredulity than by our actual preferences. When we begin to pray, a thousand labors or cares thought to be urgent vie for priority.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

Prayer is a mystery that overflows both our conscious and unconscious lives.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

The Great figures of prayer of the Old Covenant before Christ, as well as the Mother of God, the saints, and he himself, all teach us this: prayer is a battle. Against whom? Against ourselves and against the wiles of the tempter who does all he can to turn man away from prayer, away from union with God. We pray as we live, because we live as we pray. If we do not want to act habitually according to the Spirit of Christ, neither can we pray habitually in his name. the "spiritual battle" of the Christian's new life is inseparable from the battle of prayer.

Catechism of the Catholic Church, Article 2 THE BATTLE OF PRAYER

Continue steadfastly in prayer.

Paul's Letter to the Colossians 4.2.

When we feel being poisoned by stress, pressure, pain and failures: the best ANTIDOTE is to PRAY. Nothing more, nothing less.

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Prayer is the most important deed of all; it makes things impossible to become possible, it makes things difficult to become easy. It is impossible for a praying person to sin.

St. John Chrysostom

He who prays gets definitely saved, and he who does not pray, gets himself definitely condemned.

St. Alphonsus de Liguori (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2744)

Unceasingly prays he, who combines prayer with deeds and deeds with prayer. Only in this way the rule of praying without ceasing can be considered feasible.

Origen (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2745)

"Prayer is the most important deed in life, and all the other deeds are secondary."

St. Gregory the Theologian

If we have problems, it's because we do not pray enough.

Gregory Planchak

Praying, we can change the face of the earth.

Gregory Planchak

Prayer is something sweetest and most pleasant...

Gregory Planchak

In all situations, a prayer provides the best real help for us.

Paisios of the Holy Mountain

By prayer, two grains will grow into four spikelets. Who prays, will see God.