My
children, you have a small heart, but prayer enlarges it and renders it capable
of loving God. Prayer is a foretaste of heaven, a flowing out of a touch of
paradise. It never leaves us without sweetness. It is a honey, which descends in
the soul and sweetens everything. The troubles melt before a well said prayer
like the snow before the sun.
Prayer is a fragrant dew; but it is necessary to pray with a pure
heart to smell this dew. See my children, the treasure of a Christian is not on
the earth, it is in heaven. Well! Our thought ought to go where our treasure is.
Man has fine obligation, that of praying and of loving... You pray, you love:
that is the happiness of man on the earth. Prayer is no other thing than a union
with God.
When one has a heart pure and is united to God, one feels in
oneself a balm, a sweetness which intoxicates, a light which dazzles. In this
intimate union, God and the soul are like two pieces of wax melted together;
they can no longer be separated. It is a very beautiful thing, this union of God
with his little creature. It is a happiness that one is not able to understand.
Prayer makes time pass with great speed, and so agreeably that one doesn't
notice its duration. The more one prays, the more one wishes to pray.
(Saint John Vianney)
Especially over the past years, God has shown Himself to be steward of my heart. He has shown me that He wants to restore it and grow it, but He will do it only to the extent that I allow Him. I know that I can come to him with anger, with confusion, with joy and with questions of any sort and I know He will not turn me away.Through prayer God multiplies our efforts and make the impossible, possible; how do we know that by FAITH. With that we can seek God’s face without doubts.Life can never be the same, once we discover that in the deepest center of our soul, we can live that intimate relationship with God for which we were created.Prayer keeps me connected to God and Him to me in good times but also in bad. It is who I am.
4 comments:
Hi Virginia, Thank you for the quote of St. John Marie Vianney. He said that prayer makes time pass with great speed. Indeed he wanted to be a contemplative. May we all learn from his example and learn to delight in connecting with God at all times! Patsy from
HeARTworks
The joy of prayer. What a privilege. I enjoyed the video and song--just beautiful!
What beautiful thoughts. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Blessings,
Charlotte
I love that no matter what....I can come and talk to Him.....He's never busy and He really does hear and the best is when He talks to me....that whisper in my heart. Always makes me know no matter what....everything will be okay. Wishing you a beautiful day out there.
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