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Episode Synopsis "Tips on Prayer"
Welcome to the first bi-weekly issue of Our Lady of Mercy’s Alpha Newsletter. To listen to the podcast — only 4 minutes long — please click above. It has tips on prayer by Fr. Steven Borello, the diocesan director of vocations. A primary aspect of this newsletter will be a couple of short inspirational/spiritual quotes that are aimed to giving you food for thought during the week.With that in mind, here are some quotes to inspire you in your prayer life: “My little children, your hearts are small, but prayer stretches them and makes them capable of loving God. Through prayer we receive a foretaste of heaven and something of paradise comes down upon us. Prayer never leaves us without sweetness. It is honey that flows into the souls and makes all things sweet. When we pray properly, sorrows disappear like snow before the sun.”— Saint John Vianney“Communicating information to God cannot be the purpose of Christian prayer. The purpose of Christian prayer is to enter here and now into a deeper and ever more real relationship with God: to enter into His presence and abide there. Christian prayer is a movement of the spirit from a ‘place’ where I am far from God, to a ‘place’ where I am near Him, before His very Face and with my head resting on His [heart]. Thus, prayer does not primarily have to do with any kind of mental exchange, but with a proximity of hearts; in other words, with love. Only in this context may I proceed to ask God for what He already knows I need.”— Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis from his book, Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word“Love to pray. Feel often during the day the need for prayer, and take trouble to pray. Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God’s gift of Himself. Ask and seek, and your heart will grow big enough to receive Him and keep Him as your own.”— Saint Teresa of Calcutta This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit olmalpha.substack.com
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