“I want to be only a poor Friar who prays…Pray, Hope and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayers…Prayer is the best weapon we have; it is the key to God’s heart. You must speak to Jesus not only with your lips but with your heart. In fact on some occasions you should speak to Him only with your heart.” + St. Padre Pio of Petrelcina, Cappuchin priest (1887-1968 A.D.)

“Break off from your cares and labors. Make a little time for God and rest a while in him.” + St. Anselm, bishop (1033-1109 A.D.)

“Prayer stands before God as an honored ambassador. It gives joy to the spirit and peace to the heart.” + St. John Chrysostom, bishop (347-407 A.D.)

“If a man wants to be always in God’s company, he must pray regularly and read regularly.” + St. Isidore, bishop (560-636 A.D.)

“To spend much time in prayer is to knock with a persistent and holy fervor at the door of the one whom we beseech.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)

“Prayer offered in holiness from a faithful heart rises like incense from a holy altar.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)

“If your desire lies open to him who is your Father and who sees in secret, he will answer you.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)

“If each one prays for himself, he receives less from God’s goodness than the one who prays on behalf of others.” + St. Ambrose, bishop (340-397 A.D.)

“If something happens that we did not pray for, we must have no doubt at all that what God wants is more expedient than what we wanted ourselves.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)

“As the eyes of the body are enlightened when they see light, so our spirit, when it is intent on God, is illumined by his infinite light.” + St. John Chrysostom, bishop (347-407 A.D.)

“God hears our heart not our voice.” + St. Cyprian, bishop and martyr (208-258 A.D.)

“If you study every word of the petitions of Scripture, you will find, I think, nothing that is not contained and included in the Lord’s Prayer.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)

“When we say: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, we are asking God to make us obedient so that his will may be done in us as it is done in heaven by his angels.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)

“When we say: Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us, we are reminding ourselves of what we must ask and what we must do in order to be worthy in turn to receive.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)

“When we say: Deliver us from evil, we are reminding ourselves to reflect on the fact that we do not yet enjoy the state of blessedness in which we shall suffer no evil.” + St. Augustine, bishop (354-430 A.D.)

“Your Son went down from the heights of his divinity to the depths of our humanity. Can anyone’s heart remain closed and hardened after this?” + St. Catherine of Siena, virgin (1347-1380 A.D.)

Matthew 6:9­13 (NIV) “This, then, is how you should pray: “‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’