On distractions in prayer:
“The very pains we take to prevent distractions often work upon us as a considerable distraction. If you begin to reflect and to turn your eyes upon self in order to learn what sort of attitude you are maintaining as you gaze upon God, then it is no longer upon Him that your gaze is fixed but upon your own conduct and upon yourself.”
-St. Jane Francis de Chantal
For Reflection:
As I ponder this quotation of St. Jane Francis de Chantal, what advice do I imagine she would give me when faced with a distraction in prayer? What practical strategy can I employ to implement this advice?
Padre Pio’s Spiritual Direction for Every Day
Gianluigi Pasquale
Pb 272 pgs
Click Here For More Information
January 11 page 7
People who are or choose to be unworthy never have fear about being unworthy. The kind of uncertainty you are experiencing is allowed by God to happen to every soul, so that no one presumes and becomes careless in the things that concern eternal salvation.
