Pope Francis Quotes

Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'let's pray about this right now.'

I would like to ask you a question: how many of you pray to the Holy Spirit every day? Probably few, but we must satisfy this desire of Jesus and pray every day to the Holy Spirit, so that he opens our heart towards Jesus.

For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.

Observe the seven seasons of secret prayer every day.

Put your nose into the Bible everyday. It is your spiritual food. And then share it. Make a vow not to be a lukewarm Christian.

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer.

Get into the habit of dealing with God about everything.

We cannot really know God if we do not pray.

It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer

True prayer is a way of life, not just for use in cases of emergency.

If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn't act the way we want God to, and why I don't act the way God wants me to. Prayer is the precise point where those themes converge.

A journal is a great way to keep track of what happens daily in your walk with God and to record your prayers and thoughts.

I feel it is far better to begin with God, to see His face first, to get my soul near Him before it is near another. In general it is best to have at least one hour alone with God before engaging in anything else.

Pray and read, read and pray; for a little from God is better than a great deal from men.

Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings everyday.

The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious part of the whole day.

The shortening of devotions starves the soul, it grows lean and faint

He who is too busy to pray will be too busy to live a holy life. Satan had rather we let the grass grow on the path to our prayer chamber than anything else.

I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was, to have my soul happy in the Lord. The first thing to be concerned about was not, how much I might serve the Lord, how I might glorify the Lord; but how I might get my soul into a happy state, and how my inner man may be nourished...I saw that the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and to meditation on it.

Throughout Jesus' ministry, He took time away from the crowds and even His disciples to pray by Himself. Jesus modeled the importance of not only serving God with our actions but of being still and drawing close to God to renew our souls.

The moment we change our thinking and start connecting with God, we start connecting with His plans, which always exceed our small plans.

As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others.

Prayer is the way the life of God is nourished.

God's thoughts of you are many, let not yours be few in return.