QUOTES and REFLECTIONS
PRAYER - PADRE PIO (St Pio of Pietrelcina 1887-1968)
'Always be careful, especially in prayer. To succeed better, remember that grace and the taste of prayer are not drawn from earth but heaven. It is important to engage with a humble heart, a sentiment echoed in many Padre Pio quotes as well as St. Isaac of Syria quotes. We must exercise great care and every effort to prepare ourselves, but always with calmness and humility. Even if we employ all our strength, we do not pray and draw grace through our own efforts. Instead, it is essential that we keep our hearts open to heaven and wait for the heavenly dew to descend, much like the wisdom found in spiritual quotes throughout the ages.'
LOVE - ST ISAAC OF SYRIA (c.630 – c.700)
’The person who has found love, as echoed in many spiritual quotes, eats Christ at all times and thus becomes immortal. As St. Isaac of Syria quotes, whoever eats this bread, he says (Jn.6.58), shall never taste death.’
‘Love, whose cause is God, flows like a wellspring from the depths, a sentiment that resonates with Padre Pio quotes: its flow never abates, for God alone is that spring of love whose supply never fades.’