God almighty Franny he said. If youre going to say the Jesus Prayer at least say it to Jesus and not to St. Francis and Seymour and Heidis grandfather all wrapped up in one. Keep him in mind if you say it and him only and him as he was and not as youd like him to have been.

Rather than walk about holy places we can thus pause in our thoughts examine our heart and visit the wheel promised land.

There is something in us that fears prayer as a maggot fears light. We must do violence to this voice for it is not ourselves. It is our Enemy.

Give me the grace to believe that you really do know what is best for me and that I do not. May I cling to Your character and rejoice in Your pursuit of me.

He had no idea that he never went out of the house without her blessing going with him too hovering like a little echo of finished love round that once dear head

If you cannot recollect yourself continuously do so once a day at least in the morning or in the evening. In the morning make a resolution and in the evening examine yourself on what you have said this day what you have done and thought for in these things perhaps you have often offended God and those about you.

To live pray. To learn read. To love give. To listen pay attention. But to be wise apply all that you have acquired

Men in prayer give greater license to their unlawful desires than if they were telling jocular tales among their equals.

My intellect is so limited Lord that I can only trust in You to preserve me as I should be.

So take a breath and find what is unsolved in your heart.Breathe in patience breathe in love.Love yourself bountiful.And send that love out to others.When you send love out from the bountifulness of your own love it reaches other people.This love is the deepest power of prayer.