The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is... - Peter Kreeft, Prayer for Beginners

"The only way God can strengthen his presence in our will is to weaken his presence in our feelings. Otherwise we would become spiritual cripples, unable to walk without emotional crutches. This is why he gives us dryness, sufferings, and failures."

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"The saints, too, had wandering minds. The saints, too, had constantly to recall their constantly wandering mind-child home. They became saints because they continued to go after the little wanderer, like the Good Shepherd."
"We try too much and trust too little. Count the times God's Book tells us to "try."Now count the times it tells us to "trust."
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"I guarantee you that after you die you will not say 'I spent too much time praying; I wish I had watched more TV instead."