“When dark thoughts, disordered passions, and distractions come knocking on the door of our hearts, the simplest response is to say: ‘I do not consent.’ A simple ‘no’ keeps the heart pure even if such things keep bombarding us involuntarily.” – Fr. James Brent
“The latest science corroborates to some extent what spiritual teachers have long said. The interior life of a fallen human being is largely a conversation with oneself that needs to be transformed into a conversation with God.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
“Is God done raising up men and women of great prayer in his Church? Is a life devoted to meditation on the Word of God a thing of the past?” – Fr. James Brent
“What the monks learned by experience was that such practices prepare the mind to receive special illuminations from Holy Spirit for purposes of understanding Scripture.” – Fr. James Brent
“What would happen if everyone in the Church began offering rosaries, holy hours, novenas, and other sorts of prayers for themselves or their loved ones to grow in sanctifying grace?”- Fr. James Brent
“To remain in the state of prayerfulness, to abide in the loving awareness of the presence of God, is the dream of every contemplative soul.” – Fr. James Brent
“No one on earth has the power to remove the Eucharist altogether from the face of the earth. Down through the centuries, many tyrants and totalitarian systems have tried, but they have never succeeded.” – Fr. James Brent
“It is high time for all of us to think of ourselves and one another in truly human and personal terms. It is time for us to think of human beings primarily in terms of the heart.” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
“I asked myself: how many times have I lifted up the Lamb without really realizing what I was doing or saying?” – Fr. James Brent, O.P.
“To be in a state of grace is the minimal disposition necessary to receive holy Communion, but when it comes to receiving Love why would anyone settle for the minimum?” – Fr. James Brent
