Daily quotes
szeptember 12
To pray is to stand before God’s eyes – it is God looking at me when I pray – without illusions, excuses or justifications.
Pope Francis
szeptember 11
Prayer is the first desire of the day, something that is practiced at dawn, before the world awakens. It restores a soul to what otherwise would be without breath.
Pope Francis
szeptember 10
If in prayer we understand that each day given by God is a call, our hearts will then widen and we will accept everything.
Pope Francis
szeptember 09
It is possible to offer frequent and fervent prayer even at the market place or strolling alone.
Saint John Chrysostom
szeptember 08
Prayer arises in our innermost self, in that interior place that spiritual authors call 'heart'.
Pope Francis
szeptember 07
Jesus is our intercessor and to pray is to be a bit like Jesus: to intercede in Jesus to the Father, for others.
Pope Francis
szeptember 06
Prayer can begin in the half light of a church’s nave, but then come to an end on the city streets. And vice versa, it can blossom during the day’s activities and reach its fulfillment in the liturgy.
Pope Francis
szeptember 05
Prayer is a confrontation with God, and allowing oneself to be sent to serve one’s brothers and sisters. The touchstone of prayer is concrete love towards our neighbour.
Pope Francis
szeptember 04
Prayer is offered only in the spirit of love. Those who do not love pretend to pray, they believe they are praying, but they are not praying because they lack the proper spirit, which is love.
Pope Francis
szeptember 03
If in prayer we understand that each day given by God is a call, our hearts will then widen and we will accept everything.
Pope Francis
szeptember 02
When we pray, we light a candle in the darkness. Prayer rouses us from the tepidity of a purely horizontal existence and makes us lift our gaze to higher things; it makes us attuned to the Lord. Prayer allows God to be close to us; it frees us from our solitude and gives us hope.
Pope Francis
szeptember 01
When we pray we are in tune with God’s mercy; having mercy regarding our sins.
Pope Francis
augusztus 31
Prayer is vital for life: just as we cannot live without breathing, so we cannot be Christians without praying.
Pope Francis
augusztus 30
Jesus gave us his own prayer, which is his loving dialogue with the Father. He gave it to us like a seed of the Trinity, which he wants to take root in our hearts. Let us welcome him!
Pope Francis
augusztus 29
Prayer is joy and thanksgiving.
Pope Francis
augusztus 28
Jesus is our intercessor and to pray is to be a bit like Jesus: to intercede in Jesus to the Father, for others.
Pope Francis
augusztus 27
Christian prayer is not a way of being more at peace with oneself or finding some inner harmony. We pray in order to take everything to God, to entrust the world to him.
Pope Francis
augusztus 26
Prayer has the power to transform into good what in life would otherwise be a sentence; prayer has the power to open the mind to a great horizon and to broaden the heart.
Pope Francis
augusztus 25
Men and women of prayer bear gleaming reflections of light on their faces: because, the sun does not stop illuminating them. Prayer illuminates the souls, it illuminates the heart and it illuminates the face. Even in the darkest times, even in times of greatest suffering.
Pope Francis
augusztus 24
Prayer is the first strength of hope. You pray and hope grows, it moves forward … prayer opens the door to hope. There is hope but I open the door with my prayer.
Pope Francis
augusztus 23
Prayer comes from our hearts and our voices and gives heart and voice to so many people do not know how to pray or who do not want to pray or for whom it is impossible to pray: we are the heart and the voice of these people, rising to Jesus, rising to the Father as intercessors.
Pope Francis
augusztus 22
Prayer arises in our innermost self, in that interior place that spiritual authors call 'heart'.
Pope Francis
augusztus 21
Those who pray never turn their backs on the world. If prayer does not gather the joys and sorrows, the hopes and the anxieties of humanity, it becomes a decorative activity, a superficial, theatrical, solitary way of behaving.
Pope Francis
augusztus 20
When we pray, we light a candle in the darkness. Prayer rouses us from the tepidity of a purely horizontal existence and makes us lift our gaze to higher things; it makes us attuned to the Lord. Prayer allows God to be close to us; it frees us from our solitude and gives us hope.
Pope Francis
augusztus 19
‘God, come to my assistance’. The first step of faith is to tell God that we need him, that we need him to be close to us.
Pope Francis
augusztus 18
Unity is the fruit of prayer, for prayer allows the Holy Spirit to intervene, opening our hearts to hope, shortening distances and holding us together at times of difficulty.
Pope Francis
augusztus 17
Prayer does not work like a magic wand! It helps us keep faith in God, and to entrust ourselves to him even when we do not understand his will.
Pope Francis
augusztus 16
Prayer is primarily listening and encountering God. The problems of everyday life, then, do not become obstacles, but appeals from God himself to listen to and encounter those who are in front of us. The trials of life thus change into opportunities to grow in faith and charity.
Pope Francis
augusztus 15
God expects that when we pray we will also be mindful of those who do not think as we do, those who have slammed the door in our face, those whom we find it hard to forgive. Only prayer unlocks chains, as it did for Peter; only prayer paves the way to unity.
Pope Francis
augusztus 14
From prayer came a unity more powerful than any threat.
Pope Francis