When you say ‘Jesus’
the word is already a prayer.

 
Servant of God, Catherine Doherty, 20th century

May the sun of Christ rise in your soul always.

 
St. Jerome, 5th century

Prayer is not a kind of delegating to the Lord
so that he can act in our place.
Instead, it is confiding in him, putting ourselves in his hands,
which makes us, in turn, confident
and ready to do God’s work.

 
Servant of God, John Paul II, 20th century

Your desire is your prayer.
If your desire is an unceasing one,
your prayer is also unceasing.

 
St. Augustine, 5th century

We must strive to reach the point
where our soul by itself begins speaking, so to speak,
in a prayerful conversation with God
and by itself ascends to Him and opens itself to Him
and confesses what is in it, and what it desires.

 
St. Theopan the Recluse, 19th century

In prayer there is nothing to be afraid of,
and everything to hope for.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

Pray inwardly, even if you do not enjoy it.
It does good, though you feel nothing;
yes, even though you think you are doing nothing.

 
Julian of Norwich, 14th century

Prayer is not asking.
Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God,
at his disposition,
and listening to his voice in the depths of our hearts.

 
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century