Maxims and Sayings of St. Philip Neri: Difference between revisions
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maxim[2][25] = "A most excellent means of learning how to pray is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord."; | maxim[2][25] = "A most excellent means of learning how to pray is to acknowledge ourselves unworthy of such a benefit, and to put ourselves entirely into the hands of the Lord."; | ||
maxim[2][26] = "The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification is like a bird wishing to fly before it is fledged."; | maxim[2][26] = "The true preparation for prayer consists in the exercise of mortification; for he who wishes to give himself up to prayer without mortification is like a bird wishing to fly before it is fledged."; | ||
maxim[2][27] = "We can never arrive at the contemplative life | maxim[2][27] = "We can never arrive at the contemplative life if we do not first exercise ourselves laboriously in the active life."; | ||
maxim[2][28] = "We must exercise the spirit which God gives us in prayer, and follow that; so that, when, for example, it inclines us to meditate on the Passion, we must not wish to meditate on some other mystery."; | maxim[2][28] = "We must exercise the spirit which God gives us in prayer, and follow that; so that, when, for example, it inclines us to meditate on the Passion, we must not wish to meditate on some other mystery."; | ||
maxim[2][29] = "When a person goes to communion, he ought to follow the same spirit he had in prayer, and not be casting about for new meditations."; | maxim[2][29] = "When a person goes to communion, he ought to follow the same spirit he had in prayer, and not be casting about for new meditations."; | ||
