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St. Teresa of Kolkata

“I used to believe that prayer changes things, but now I know that prayer changes us and we change things.”

Question for Meditation: How can prayer change you? How can you change things?

Eckhart Tolle

“I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats.”

Question for Meditation: Where can you find inspiration for inner peace this week?

St. Alphonsus Liguori

“Acquire the habit of speaking to God as if you were alone with Him, familiarly and with confidence and love, as to the dearest and most loving of friends.”

Question for Meditation: What difference does it make if you speak to God as a friend?

Katie Ledecky

“More than anything, praying just helps me to concentrate and let go of things that don’t matter in that moment.”

Question for Meditation: What do you need to let go of? How can prayer help?

Tobit 3:16

“At that very time, the prayer of both of them was heard in the glorious presence of God.”

Question for Meditation: Does God hear your prayers?

Holly Wren Spaulding

“The headlines and working for a living and navigating the realities of adult life, can feel a little lighter, a little less soul-crushing, when we make space for quiet and beauty and tender attention.”

Question for Meditation: What space can you make today for quiet and attention?

St. John Henry Newman

“I sought to hear the voice of God and climbed the topmost steeple, but God declared: ‘Go down again — I dwell among the people.'”

Question for Meditation: Listen for the voice of God in those around you today.

Sri Guru Granth Sahib

“So offer your prayers to Him, the Giver of Peace, the Destroyer of fear. Showing His Mercy, the Merciful Master shall resolve your affairs.”

Question for Meditation: Who do you trust with your needs?

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

“Master of the universe, let me seclude myself in meditation and prayer every day, going out to the fields to meditate, among the trees and grass, pouring out my heart in prayer.”

Question for Meditation: Where can you pour your heart in prayer?