How To Pray By Radio Maria England

How to Pray, Episode 15: The Only Way to Perfection – For apart from me you can do nothing. Jesus Christ (John 15:5) – Epilogue

How to Pray, Episode 14: Purifying Love – The Dark Night is an inflow of God into the soul, purging it of its habitual ignorances and imperfections. Saint John of the Cross Waiting on God – Waiting alone in the semi-darkness for God to do whatever He pleases, sums up what it means to follow Christ. Sister Wendy Beckett Experiencing being Loved – You can do more in a month with contemplation than in ten years without it. Père Lallement

How to Pray, Episode 13: From Meditation to Contemplation – He does not know what is the matter, all at once God has retired to a distance. It is absolutely impossible to move the heart. He remains cold, frozen. Père Gabriel de Ste Marie-Madeleine The Mystic Way – A naked intention directed to God, and himself alone, is wholly sufficient. The Cloud of Unknowing The Prayer of the Heart – I called with my whole heart, says the Psalmist, that is, with my body, soul, and spirit. Saint John Climacus

How to Pray, Episode 12: Childlike simplicity – Unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus Christ (Matthew 18:3) Asceticism for All – First seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:33) The Sacrament of the Present Moment – The present moment is always full of infinite treasures. It contains far more than you have the capacity to hold. Jean-Pierre de Caussade

How to Pray, Episode 11: The Prayer Without Ceasing – He “prays without ceasing” who unites prayer to works and good works to prayer. Only in this way can we consider as realizable the principle of praying without ceasing. Origen True Humility – When you stop falling you are in heaven, but when you stop getting up you are in hell. Peter Calvay (Hermit) The Impossible Made Possible – With love you may bring your heart to do whatsoever you may please. The hardest things become easy and pleasant, but without love you will find anything not only difficult but also impossible. John of Bonilla