To live by faith is to live in joy, confidence, certainty
and trust in all there is to do and suffer each moment
as ordained by God; it is joy in God's goodness,
and trust founded on the hope of his protection.

 
Jean Pierre de Caussade, 18th century

Follow your own way of speaking to the Lord
sincerely, lovingly, confidently and simply,
as your heart dictates.

 
St. Jane Frances de Chantal, 17th century

Prayer is a way of gradually purifying and correcting our wishes
and of slowly coming to realize what we really need:
God and his Spirit.

 
His Holiness, Benedict XVI

Keep your mind continually turned toward God
so that your every work and all your activities,
physical and mental, may be prayers.

 
Ven. Louis of Granada, 16th century

In the book of Psalms there is something profitable for all.
All Scripture breathes the grace of God,
but sweet beyond all others is the book of Psalms.

 
St. Ambrose, 4th century

Seeking the face of God in everything,
everyone, everywhere, all the time, and seeking his hand
in every happening; that is contemplation.

 
Bl. Teresa of Calcutta, 20th century

Prayer is a surge of the heart;
it is a simple look turned toward heaven,
it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.

 
St. Therese of Lisieux, 19th century

O Lord, all our troubles come to us
from not having our eyes fixed upon you.
We stumble and fall a thousand times and stray from the way
because we do not set our eyes on the true Way.

 
St. Teresa of Avila, 16th century