Thoughts on Prayer by Mother Teresa...

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valign="top" height=430 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0a250503.gif"> <div> <B>English   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thoughts on Prayer by Mother Teresa..."><U><B>Español</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>All by itself</B></div> <div> <B> If you pray with words, </B></div> <div> <B>let them be filled with love </B></div> <div> <B>and come from the deepest of your heart. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pray with great respect and trust. </B></div> <div> <B>Fold your hands, </B></div> <div> <B>close your eyes </B></div> <div> <B>and lift up your heart to the Lord. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Let your prayer </B></div> <div> <B>be a pure sacrifice to God. </B></div> <div> <B>Do not pray loud </B></div> <div> <B>and not too quiet. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Pray simply. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Let your heart speak. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Praise the Lord with all your soul. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Words will come like that </B></div> <div> <B>from the bottom of your heart </B></div> <div> <B>and you will find joy in prayer. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Stop once in a while by a word</B></div> <div> <B> and think it over, </B></div> <div> <B>let it sink to the bottom of your heart. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Keep them during the rest of the day: </B></div> <div> <B>they will bring you peace. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>from: "Nothing but love" </B></div> <div> <B>by Mother Teresa. </B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="207" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#666699 HEIGHT= 14 ><NOBR><div> Return to  <A HREF="poems.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Inspiring Poems"><U>Poems</U></A>, or <A HREF="prayers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Featured Prayers"><U>Prayers</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>A PENCIL IN HIS HANDS</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>"I thirst" God is thirsting for our Love. </B></div> <div> <B>He is longing for us. </B></div> <div> <B>When we, </B></div> <div> <B>from our own free will, </B></div> <div> <B>surrender to His will, </B></div> <div> <B>He will use us, </B></div> <div> <B>to be His instrument in this world, </B></div> <div> <B>to let our Love be His love for others. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This can only be through a continuous prayer. </B></div> <div> <B>Then we will be: </B></div> <div> <B>"a pencil in Gods'hands</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(M. 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