This is what often hinders souls of good will from making progress in prayer. In the morning, they make their prayer well, they receive Our Lord in Holy Communion and are very united to him; then they leave the choir, they go for breakfast, they take up their work; they cast a little glance here, they say a word there, and they lose their recollection. And thus during the whole day, they advance and they fall back. You must accustom yourself to make a little sanctuary in your heart where you will always find Our Lord even in the midst of occupations and distractions; and then as soon as you are alone, as soon as you have a few minutes a fire shall flame out.
BLESSED COLUMBA MARMION
