#prayer

Taken slowly, or mindfully, even eating an orange or a bowl of soup, or a small piece of dark chocolate for that matter, can take on the flavor or prayer. ↗

— Mary DeTurris Poust

#food #mindful-eating #mindfulness #prayer #faith

Pure motives are prerequisite to the ability to call down the powers of heaven. The Lord will not sustain your efforts to achieve, excel or receive special blessings if your desires are vain. ↗

— Grant Von Harrison

#prayer #faith

When I was a kid, I'd kneel down at the side of my bed every night before I went to sleep, and my mother and I would say a Greek prayer to the Virgin Mary. ↗

— Olympia Dukakis

#before #down #every #every night #greek

Jesus walked to a solitary place to pray. He went somewhere and found a physical place. We must do the same, so the “going to”, and “the passing through” become a beautiful imitation of our Teacher as we seek to be like Him and be with Him. “Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went off to a solitary place where he prayed.” (Mark 1:35) ↗

— David Paul Kikrpatrick

#prayer #beauty

Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#body #certain #knees #moments #prayers

I had wanted to be a regular character on a series for a while. 'The Brady Bunch' was an answer to a prayer. ↗

— Susan Olsen

#brady #bunch #character #had #i

The physical voice we use in prayer need not be great nor startling; even should we not lift up any great cry or shout, God will yet hear us. ↗

— Origen

#cry #even #god #great #hear

The person who waits upon moods in impoverished. If the painter only wanted to paint when in the mood for it, he would not get very far. In religion, as in art and science, along with the times of high excitement, there are times of sober work and practice. We must practice our communion with God, otherwise we will not find the right tone, the right word, the right language, when God surprises us with his presence. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#art

Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud. ↗

— Gerald Vann

#asking #exactly #fail #fraud #just

I believe if we introduced the Lord's Prayer here, senators would propose a large number of amendments to it. ↗

— Henry Wilson

#here #i #i believe #introduced #large