Basil Hume Quotes

Observe the seven seasons of secret prayer every day.

I think one thing is that prayer has become more useful, interesting, fruitful, and... almost involuntary in my life.

My prayer life and my connection with God are on the highest level.

Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays.

I have a whole regimen to my day: my vocal warm-ups, my prayers, my meditations... I pray three times a day. I try to have a real experience praying, not just do it. I really get deep into the idea and really try to get somewhere with it, to have an in-depth understanding of the idea.

The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.

The key is - I'll say the key - number one, I pray every day.

I pray and I meditate every day. It can be a great, great asset.

The experience of prayer when there is no awareness of God and no apparent response from ourselves should not lead us to escape from prayer or give it up.

I pray and meditate every morning for anywhere between 15 to 50 minutes.

I pray and meditate first thing in the morning.

I pray every morning and night before bed.

It's very important to have that prayer life. It's very important to communicate always.

Prayer is fundamentally a transformation of will, a lifting of the heart and will to God.

Most of the great books on prayer are written by 'experts' - monks, missionaries, mystics, saints. I've read scores of them, and mainly they make me feel guilty.

In working with people across the country and around the world, I've come to know that most of us go through times that re-route our prayer life.

Prayer for many is like a foreign land. When we go there, we go as tourists. Like most tourists, we feel uncomfortable and out of place. Like most tourists, we therefore move on before too long and go somewhere else.

The soul is a muscle, and it needs to be exercised a little every day. Say a morning prayer just to say something.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want to make sure God doesn't have to do any guesswork.

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.

Soul is the central point of spiritual discipline.

Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

Praying is like a rocking chair - it'll give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.