SO GOOD QUOTES

“Do you know why the Church, when arranging prayer, arranges for us seven prayers everyday–and between one prayer and another prayer, there are three hours? The Church wants us to be in continuous relationship with God, and wants us not to spend a maximum of more than three hours without communicating with God. If we are doing this, we will not be lukewarm. Yes maybe we have–like in meals–we have two or three meals a day but between meals we have snacks. In the same way in the spiritual life, maybe we have one or two or three prayers, in the morning, in the evening, and at night but between these three spiritual meals we need to have spiritual snacks. So every three hours or every two hours, lift your heart to God. Even with one sentence, even if two sentences, but from your heart–the tax collector, with one sentence, was justified and the right hand thief, with one sentence entered paradise. Keep God on your mind all day long, every now and then lift your heart to God in prayer.”

—H.G. Bishop Youssef