As weak human beings we are not able to pray all the time with words, but we are able to do so by having a longing heart: “Longing is always a prayer, even though the tongue is silent. If you are longing without interruption, then you are always praying. When does our prayer sleep? Only when our desire cools” (Sermon 80, 7). Nevertheless, Augustine always underlines the necessity of a special time for praying with words.

(This was taken from the Augustinian Website)

Dear God,

Help me to pray . . . or rather increase my longing for You . . . set my heart on fire with the fire of Your Spirit . . . set my heart ablaze with the flames of Your Divine Love. This I ask in the name of Your Son and our Lord Jesus Christ and the intercession of the Great Mother of God, Mary Most Holy. Amen.

You Have Loved Me, O God

Dear God,

You have loved me, when I cannot love You yet
You have loved me, when I did not love you enough
You have loved me, when I was running away from You
You have loved me even though you know I will not be able to return
the love You gave to me.

I have been blinded by the world around me yet You have loved me
I have been so concerned with my endless needs and issues but you have been loving me
I have not responded to Your calls and invites but You have loved me
You have been loving me all those times that I take no heed of all the things
You have been doing to me.

You have loved me though I cannot put up with your laws and commandments
You have loved me when I don't even know how to pray
You have loved me when I have been too lazy going to church
You have loved me even though I don't deserve anything from You...
and I don't deserve to be loved at all.

In my simple nothingness, You have loved me with an everlasting love.

How can I ever not love You in return?

Beyond Words

Your presence has sent me looking for words. Breathless yet fully complete. Surprised yet filled with peaceful joy. How indescribable yet so real !

My heart can only sing because it seems to have lost its faculty to describe. My eyes can only be transfixed while gazing longingly at you. No words ! No words will possibly be enough in order to fathom the substance of such great unconditional love !

I never knew that the God that theology and religion has so studied, explained and reflected will be this beautiful ! Right now there can be nothing I will ask God but that I may love more so that I can see God more. There will never be enough !