“Indeed, he was so attentive when Scripture was read that nothing escaped him and because he retained all he heard, his memory served him in place of books.”
                 ~St. Athanasius about St. Anthony

For Reflection:
How attentive am I when I hear Sacred Scripture being read? Could I pass a pop quiz on the passage as soon as it is read? How about 24 hours later? What one way can I seek to be more attentive?

Divine Intimacy: Meditations on the Interior Life for Every Day of the Liturgical Year
Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen O.C.D
Leather bound 1216 pages
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In these words St. Teresa reveals the affective spirit of mental prayer which is its special characteristic.  It is “friendly intercourse”, and exchange of “mutual benevolence” between the soul and God, during which the soul “converses intimately” with God–intimacy as we know, is the fruit of love–and the soul speaks with Him whose love she knows.