Give yourself a little leisure to converse with God,
and take your rest awhile in him.

 
St Anselm, 10th century

Prayer reveals to us
the vanity of earthly goods and pleasures.
It fill us with light, strength and consolation,
and gives us a foretaste of the calm bliss
of our heavenly home.

 
St. Rose of Viterbo, 13th century

The Master is never so far away that the disciple
needs to raise his voice in order to be heard;
He is always right at his side.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16h century

However quietly we speak
God is so near, that he will hear us.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

Think about this God whose temple you are.
Withdraw into that solitude in the depths of your heart.

 
Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, 19th century

Prayer means a launching out of the heart towards God;
it means lifting up one's eyes, quite simply, to heaven;
a cry of grateful love from the crest of joy or the trough of despair;
it is a vast supernatural force that opens the heart
and binds us to Jesus.

 
cf St.Therese of Lisieux, 19th century

We need no wings to go in search of him,
but have only to find a place to be alone
and look upon him present within us.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century

Without the power of prayer,
without that intimate union with the Lord,
our human endeavors would achieve very little.
This is what our faith teaches us.
It is God who saves us; he saves the world, and all of history.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI