“What we feel at prayer is God's business, not ours, and we must strive to be totally abandoned to the presence of 'consolation' or of boredom when we pray. A clear understanding that the value of our prayer does not depend upon how we feel is extremely important if we are to persevere in prayer. So many people feel that if their prayer is distracted it cannot be pleasing to God, and are therefore led to abandon their efforts precisely when fidelity is of the most importance.” PeopleIfsFeelsDoeImportantValuesUnderstandingPrayerEffortClearDependsPrayingImportanceStriveBoredomAbandonAbandonedConsolationDistractedOur PrayersPersevereFidelity Author:Sheila Cassidy
“We only deliberately waste time with those we love -- it is the purest sign that we love someone if we choose to spend time idly in their presence when we could be doing something more 'constructive.” IfsWasteWasting TimeEnd TimesSpend TimeLove SomeoneConstructiveThose We Love Author:Sheila Cassidy
