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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which

If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift. He will not deny us. God withholds what you are not yet ready for. He wants you to have a lively desire for His greatest gifts. All of which is to say, pray always and do not lose heart.

Saint Augustine
Prayer, Heart, Desire

Desire only God, and your heart will be satisfied.

Saint Augustine
Heart, Desire, Satisfied

It is not by change of place that we can come nearer to Him who is in every place, but by the cultivation of pure desires and virtuous habits.

Saint Augustine
Desire, Habit, Virtuous
St. Augustine, Saint Augustine, J. F. Shaw (2009). “On Christian Doctrine”, p.8, Courier Corporation

The desire for fame tempts even noble minds.

Saint Augustine
Mind, Desire, Noble

This very moment I may, if I desire, become the friend of God.

Saint Augustine
Desire, Saint, May

Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

Saint Augustine
Accomplishment, Desire, Blessedness

Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.

Saint Augustine
Art, Prayer, Desire

Let him who desires to be harsh in making demands upon his debtors consider that he is God’s debtor.

Saint Augustine
Desire, Debtors, Demand
Saint Augustine (2010). “Sermons on the Liturgical Seasons (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 38)”, p.95, CUA Press

Temperance is a disposition that restrains our desires for things which it is base to desire.

Saint Augustine
Desire, Disposition, Temperance

The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.

Saint Augustine
Prayer, Desire, Longing

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