Excerpts from The Imitation of Christ and other Holy Books

Fix Your Gaze on Him Anybody who, when praying to God, notices that he is praying, is not entirely attentive to prayer.  He is turning awa...

July 5th Prayer -- God's Work in Us Of ourselves, we could never take a single step in the holy way of prayer.  This is why the sacre...

July 4th With Love and for Love There is no harm in seating ourselves for awhile, when necessity demands, but we should not so remain dur...

July 3rd St Chantal on Prayer With Love and for Love Fidelity of soul towards God consists in being perfectly resigned to His holy will,...

July 2nd St Chantal on Prayer Keep Your Eyes Upon God So stand firm and endure, without reflecting on all that is going on within you.  ...

July 1st St Chantal on Prayer Keep Your Eyes Upon God Faith without works is never enough.  It is not a feeling of faith or of hope whic...

June 30th St Chantal on Prayer Keep Your Eyes Upon God You have so often given yourself to God, and assured Him that He might take away ...