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1		"'Dear God, please make me an instrument of your peace….' is one of the most famous lines of prayer. And there is good reason for that. We know it speaks to something profoundly practical and real that will, if we allow it to, overcome all the darkness and hatred in the world." Everyday Grace, Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, and Making Miracles (Marianne Williamson)

2		"Prayer contributes to the evolution of our collective consciousness concerning the power of good in this world." In Silence: Why We Pray (Donald Spoto, Ph.D.)

3		"God welcomes the discourse born of prayer, and when He is lovingly invoked and called to our aid, He bestows inexpressible joy on the beseeching soul." Theoliptos, Metropolitan of Philadelphia, 'Texts' The Philokalia, volume 4 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos and St. Makarios)

4		"Invoke the wisdom of the 'Master in the heart', that point of divinity possessed by all, which is sometimes called the Higher Self or the Soul, the seat of divine wisdom." Regents of the Seven Spheres (H. K. Challoner)

5		"It is God who gives prayer to him who prays and who teaches man spiritual knowledge." St. Theodoros, the Great Ascetic, 'A Century of Spiritual Texts' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

6		"A Sumerian prayer declared: 'Hear O ye regions….magnify the Creatress, exalt the dignified, exalt the Glorious One, draw nigh unto the Mighty Lady.'" The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets (Barbara G. Walker)

7		"Oh Lord God,..teach the children of men the inner meaning of those things which You have visibly set forth before their eyes." The Triumphal Chariot of Antimony (Basil Valentine)

8		"Prayer is a pure act of the will, seeking an integral understanding of and union with the Whole, the One." Gerald Heard (1889-197), English author and philosopher, 'A Preface to Prayer' The Choice Is Always Ours (Dorothy B. Phillips, Chief Editor)

9		"Carlyle says: 'Prayer is and remains the native and deepest impulse of the soul.'" E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973), 'Conversion' Devotional Classics (Richard J. Foster and James Bryan Smith, editors)

10		"Prayer is a participation in the destiny of the world." Sergius Bulgakov (1871-1944), Russian theologian The Lion Christian Quotation Collection (Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers)

11		"At your earnest calls, Light answers you instantly and goes directly (for it IS intelligent substance!) to the person, place, condition, and thing to whom and to which it has been directed in the world of form." The Science of the Spoken Word (Mark L. and Elizabeth Clare Prophet)

12		"Prayer does nothing to make God more present, for God is always present. Prayer is our response to the presence of God in our lives." A Tree Full of Angels (Macrina Wiederkehr)

13		"Our Mother in the Earth….Holy be thy presence….Protect this world and the life within us….As we celebrate the body and the soul….We give thanks for the land that nurtures us….Help us to love the darkness in the world and in ourselves….May our experience be whole….For yours is the wisdom of the womb and the great round of recurring seasons. Amen." A Passion for This Earth, Exploring a New Partnership of Man, Woman & Nature (Valerie Andrews)

14		"Ultimately, prayer is done not out of self-interest but as a service, as a means of fulfilling the great purpose for which we were brought into being." Inner Christianity, A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition (Richard Smoley)

15		"To labor is to pray." St. Benedict of Nursia (480?-554), Patriarch of Western monks, motto of the Benedictine Order The Great Thoughts (George Seldes, compiler)

16		"Prayer gives thanks for blessings received and asks for failures to be forgiven and for power to strengthen us for the future; for without God's help the soul can indeed do nothing." St. Theodoros the Great Ascetic, 'A Century of Spiritual Texts' The Philokalia, volume 2 (various authors, compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain)

17		"Turn our hearts, O Christ, to everlasting truth and healing harmony." Philip Melanchthon (1497-1560), Humanist scholar and Lutheran theologian The Lion Christian Quotation Collection (Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers)

18		"In prayer we journey forward to our origin." Merton's Palace of Nowhere (James Finley)

19		"This morning, as I kindle the fire upon my hearth, I pray that the flame of God's love may burn in my heart and the hearts of all I meet today….And may I warm those that are lonely, whose hearts are cold and lifeless, so that they all may know the comfort of God's love." 'Carmina Gadelica' (Celtic prayers and writings) Living Christianity (Martin Palmer)

20		"Behold, I say to you, Ask firmly and you shall receive; seek trustingly and you shall find; knock earnestly, the door will open up." ch. 137, v. 14 Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (Leo W. Dowling)

21		"It is a great consolation to know that one is included in the prayers of fellow beings." C. G. Jung: Letters, 1906-1950 (Gerhard Adler and Aniela Jaffe, editors)

22		"To have a prayerful approach to people is to have eyes to see, a mind intent upon seeing, a heart hopeful of seeing the image of God in each person I meet, to see them in themselves and in God." Douglas Rhymes, contemporary English priest and author The Lion Christian Quotation Collection (Hannah Ward & Jennifer Wild, compilers)

23		"Prayer is the act by which man opens himself to the total values for wholeness that exist in each situational moment of his life." Elizabeth B. Howes and Sheila Moon, 'Man the Choicemaker' The Choice Is Always Ours (Dorothy B. Phillips, Chief Editor)

24		"Prayer is the energy feedback God gets from us, His creation. Prayer completes the circuit of God's energy and helps to keep it flowing." Rabbi Zalman Schacter-Shalomi Making Peace With God, A Practical Guide (Harold Bloomfield, M.D. & Philip Goldberg, Ph.D.)

25		"Through prayer we can work miracles in our lives. We have so much more power than we are using yet – to heal disease, repair relationships, reconcile nations, protect our cities, and transform our world." The Gift of Change, Spiritual Guidance for a Radically New Life (Marianne Williamson)

This body of quotes compiled by JoAnn Kite