“The more you pray to God in times of sorrow, the sooner you will feel His sweet consolation.”
— St. Anthony of Optina
Tag Archives: Nearness of/to God
St. John of Kronstadt: Sometimes during lengthy prayer . . .
“Sometimes during a lengthy prayer only a few minutes are really pleasing to God, and constitute true prayer, true service to Him. The chief thing in prayer is the nearness of the heart to God.”
— St. John of Kronstadt, My Life in Christ
