Mental Prayer Quotes

“Prayer, in its widest sense, does four things: it adores, asks pardon, gives thanks, and begs for graces.”
― Vitalis Lehodey

“There is a close connection between prayer and rest in the spiritual life. In fact, as progress is made, the distinction between them tends to disappear, and prayer overflows from the times set apart for it, and begins to penetrate the rest of the day, so that, whether in word or in work, the soul is always lifted up to God in a union of love.”
― Eugene Boylan, Difficulties in mental prayer

“In any case, there are many paths to holiness, and while the graces of advanced prayer are powerful, if not the greatest, help to progress, they do not in themselves constitute holiness. If a man love God with his whole heart and with his whole soul, and with all his mind and with all his strength, he has fulfilled all the law, and he is perfect, no matter in what way he prays.”
― Eugene Boylan, Difficulties in mental prayer

“In our relations with God we can sometimes say all that He wants us to say in silence and repose. This, of course, is not a prayer for all souls, nor for all times. Yet, if we pause occasionally between our acts and just kneel before God in a state of sincere resignation to His will, it will often happen that we find it possible and profitable to remain in this disposition for a short while.”
― Eugene Boylan, Difficulties in mental prayer

“The essential core of prayer is the act of will, turning to God, seeking God, and uniting itself to God.”
― Eugene Boylan