The Contemplative Rosary Quotes

“But very few of us were taught how to practice mental prayer. We feel embarrassed or tongue-tied when we try to speak to God from our hearts. What are we supposed to say? Unless someone instructs us as adults, our mental prayer is likely to be a rambling monologue about our day or a list of petitions.”
― Dan Burke, The Contemplative Rosary: With St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Avila

“If we are truly striving to focus on Christ, rather than just being lazy in our prayer, Saint Teresa counsels us not to worry about distractions and difficulties. Worrying will only make them worse. We must do the best we can and most of all simply show up every day to be with God in prayer.”
― Dan Burke, The Contemplative Rosary: With St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Avila

“Without contemplation, the Rosary is a body without soul, and its recitation runs the risk of becoming a mechanical repetition of formulas, in violation of the admonition of Christ: “In praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think they will be heard for their many words.”
― Dan Burke, The Contemplative Rosary: With St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Avila

“A prayer in which a person is not aware of whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of whom, I do not call prayer, however much the lips move.”
― Dan Burke, The Contemplative Rosary: With St. John Paul II and St. Teresa of Avila