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Prayer

Excerpt #146 from 'Divine Intimacy' by Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalene, O.C.D., 1963 Prayer is essentially an intimate conversation with God in which the soul seeks His presence, so that it may speak with Him in a friendly and affectionate way. It is a child talking with its Father, a friend conversing with his Friend. From its very nature, then, prayer is …

septuagesima

Septuagesima Sunday - excerpt from Divine Intimacy

"The first step toward conversion always consists in humbly recognizing that we need to be converted. The lukewarm must become fervent, the fervent must reach perfection, the perfect must attain heroic virtue.Who can say that he does not need to advance in virtue and in sanctity? ..."On this Sunday the great invitation to sanctity is repeated to every soul.…