No sacrifice is more acceptable to God than zeal for souls.
Pope St. Gregory I: Homily 12, in Ezechiel. (5thC.)
>gave me a standing ovation
Prayer is conversation with God.
Clement of Alexandria: Stomateis, 7.
(2ndC.)
Those prayers quickly ascend to God which
the merits of our works urge upon God.
St. Cyprian: On The Lord's Prayer, 33. (3rdC.)