Faithful Supplication Quotes

The Lord's Prayer "is truly the summary of the whole gospel." "Since the Lord...after handling over the practice of prayer, said elsewhere, 'Ask and you will receive,' and since everyone has petitions which are peculiar to his circumstances, the regular and appropriate prayer (the Lord's Prayer) is said first, as the foundation of further desires.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

God answers all true prayer, either in kind or in kindness.

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us.

If I be not in a state of grace, I pray God place me in it; if I be in it, I pray God keep me so.

You pay God a compliment by asking great things of Him.

Cover this confirmation process with prayer. When they make it harder for us to pray, we just pray harder.

To pray rightly, you must make God your hope, stay, and all. Right prayer sees nothing substantial or worth being concerned about except God.

I pray a simple prayer every morning. It's an ecumenical prayer. Whether you're Catholic or Jewish or Muslim or Hindu, I think it speaks to the heart of every faith. It goes “Lord please break the laws of the universe for my convenience. Amen.”

The privilege of prayer to me is one of the most cherished possessions, because faith and experience alike convince me that God himself sees and answers, and His answers I never venture to criticize. It is only my part to ask. If it were otherwise, I would not dare to pray at all.

All who call on God in true faith...will certainly be heard.

Every sincere prayer is heard and answered by our Heavenly Father, but the answers we receive may not be what we expect or come to us when we want or in the way we anticipate.

Pray to God and say the lines.

And when we would make much of that which cannot matter much to thee, forgive us -a frequent part of the prayer that opened sermons.

The Rosary is a magnificent and universal prayer for the needs of the Church, the nations and the entire world.

Prayer is a strong wall and fortress of the church; it is a goodly Christian weapon.

I always carry prayer cards to St. Jude and St. Martha with me.

Will not the Lord hear my prayers and listen to my cries as soon as he ever did to theirs [the ancient saints'] if I come to him in the manner they did?

Prayer is a privilege and the soul's sincere desire. We can move beyond routine and 'checklist' prayers and engage in meaningful prayer as we appropriately ask in faith and act, as we patiently persevere through the trial of our faith, and as we humbly acknowledge and accept 'not my will, but Thine, be done.'

It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

Prayer is an aspiration of the heart, it is a simple glance directed to heaven, it is a cry of gratitude and love in the midst of trail as well as joy; finally, it is something great, supernatural, which expands my soul and unites me to Jesus.

Christians are always wanting God to give them something. They appear as beggars before the throne of the Almighty.

The object of our prayers should not be to present a wish list or a series of requests but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is eager to bestow, according to His will and timing.

Your cravings as a human animal do not become a prayer just because it is God whom you ask to attend to them.

We need to pray for our brethren around the world.