Fr Jacques Philippe Quotes

People do not please God primarily by their virtues and merits, but above all by their limitless trust in His mercy.

Before saying we don't have time for mental prayer, let's begin by reviewing our hierarchy of values, to see what our real priorities are.

The more wretched we are, the more motivated we should be to do mental prayer.

We cannot experience this support from God unless we leave Him the necessary space in which He can express Himself.

[The Accuser] makes it clear to us how imperfect and weak our love for God still is—how much self-seeking remains in our spiritual life

[The Accuser] makes it clear to us how imperfect and weak our love for God still is—how much self-seeking remains in our spiritual life

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Every single person, in accordance with his or her own personality, his or her own gifts and weaknesses, can have a deep prayer life by corresponding faithfully to God's grace.

He is not there because we deserve Him or feel His presence, but because he gave His promise: [Matthew 6:6]

Time spent faithfully every day in mental prayer that is poor, arid, distracted, and relatively short is worth more, and will be infinitely more fruitful for our progress, than long, ardent spells of mental prayer from time to time, when circumstances make it easy.

If we make God our first concern, God will look after our affairs much better than we ever can,

[Faithfulness to mental prayer] is a school of truth in love, because it teaches us, little by little, no longer to place our relationship with God on the shaky, unstable basis of our own impressions, moods, or feelings, but on the solid foundation of faith--God's faithfulness, which is as firm as a rock.

The life of prayer is not the result of a technique, but a gift we receive.

We should not pray for the sake of the satisfactions or benefits we derive (even if they are immense) but mainly to please God, because he asks us to.