The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer Quotes

“It is never too late to make a beginning in repentance, and so it is never too late to begin to pray. A thousand times we may have tried and failed, yet at every moment the saving Lord calls us toward His Father.”
― Matthew C. Steenberg, The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer

“Do not fill your mind with worldly noise without reason. Radios or televisions operating “in the background” prevent quietude by filling even empty moments with the distracting flow of sounds and voices. How shall we find quiet in our times of prayer, if we have so condition ourselves against it in every other moment?”
― Matthew C. Steenberg, The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer

“You cannot serve both God and mammon; and if “mammon” represents, in earthly terms, our attachments to wealth and money, then in the spiritual life it represents our attachment to the compulsions of the passionate soul and body. If we wish to serve the man-befriending Lord and find our rest in Him, we must learn to serve Him alone and cast off the familiar masters that are our passions.”
― Matthew C. Steenberg, The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer

“Look how visible is God's mercy! In His infinite love He makes prayer the very tool by which we may learn to pray!”
― Matthew C. Steenberg, The Beginnings of a Life of Prayer