June 19th
St Chantal on Prayer
Faith, the Science of Saints

When at prayer, we must have eyes and ears for nothing but God.  If an angel appeared before us, we ought not to bestow upon him a single glance, for we are speaking to a Mightier than he.

Anybody who always maintains the right attitude is always ready for prayer, and indeed is always praying.  Show God that you love Him to this degree, that you would be willing to love Him just as much for a small reward as for a mighty one.

When all else has forsaken us, it is then that we are least forsaken by God.  He is never under greater pressure to come to our rescue than when He sees us deprived of all other help.  Now, if God finds Himself urged to our rescue when He sees us deprived of everything else, how much more will He feel the obligation to succor us when it is He Himself who is responsible for out abandonment?  Anyhow, what can it matter if we are forsaken by God so long as He hears our prayer?  Which of us would not be ready, for love o f Him, to see taken from us everything there is in heaven and on earth, and even to see God Himself taken from us for love of Him, if only at least we could cry out to Him:  "What is there for me in heaven, and what shall I see upon earth, other than my God?"