Pray with the heart and surrender yourselves to Jesus in prayer. (08/11/1984)
Today I want to tell you that you make me happy again and again by your prayer; but there are enough of those in this very parish who do not pray, and my heart is saddened. (10/04/1984)
In prayer you will discover the greatest joy and the way out of every situation that has no escape. (03/28/1985)
Today I call you to prayer with the heart, and not just from habit… Pray so that prayer prevails in your hearts at every moment. (05/02/1985)
Let prayer, dear children, be your everyday food, especially when your work in the fields is exhausting you so much that you cannot pray with the heart. Pray, and then you will overcome any weariness. Prayer will be your joy and your rest. (05/30/1985)
Let your prayer be a sign of surrender to God. (06/13/1985)
I beseech you, dear children, approach prayer consciously. In prayer you will come to know God’s greatness. (11/28/1985)
If you pray with the heart, dear children, the ice of your brothers’ hearts will melt, and every barrier will disappear. Conversion will be easy for all who desire to accept it. This is the gift which you must obtain by prayer for your neighbour. (01/23/1986)
And I give great graces to all who pray with the heart. (02/06/1986)
I call you to approach prayer actively. You wish to live everything I am telling you, but you are not succeeding because you are not praying. Dear children, I beseech you to open yourselves and begin to pray. Prayer will be your joy. If you make a start, it will not be boring for you because you will be praying out of joy. (03/20/1986)
Without prayer, dear children, you cannot experience either God, or me, or the graces which I am giving you. Therefore, my call to you is that the beginning and end of your day always be prayer. Dear children, I wish to lead you daily more and more in prayer, but you are not able to grow because you do not want it. I am inviting you, dear children, that you let prayer be in the first place. (07/03/1986)
Dear children, I am calling you that you let prayer be the joy of meeting with the Lord. I cannot guide you as long as you yourselves do not experience joy in prayer. (08/14/1986)
Therefore I am calling you that, by prayer and by your life, you help to destroy everything in people that is evil and uncover the deception which Satan makes use of. Pray that the truth prevails in all hearts. (09/25/1986)
Dear children, you cannot understand how great the value of prayer is as long as you yourselves do not say, “Now is the time for prayer; now nothing else is important to me; now not one person is important to me except God.” Dear children, dedicate yourselves to prayer with special love; in this way God will be able to repay you with graces. (10/02/1986)
I am calling you to prayer and complete surrender to God because Satan wants to sift you through everyday affairs, and in your life he wants to snatch the first place. Therefore, dear children, pray without ceasing! (10/16/1986)
Without your prayers, dear children, I cannot help you to fulfil the message which the Lord has given me to give you. Therefore, dear children, pray so that in prayer you become conscious of what God is giving you. (10/23/1986)
When you pray you are much more beautiful, like flowers which, after the snow, display all their beauty, and all their colours become indescribable. So you also, dear children, after prayer you display more strongly before God everything that is beautiful; this pleases him. Therefore, dear children, pray, and open your inner self to the Lord so that he may make of you a harmonious and beautiful flower for Paradise. (12/18/1986)
In prayer you will be conscious of a new way of joy. (02/25/1987)
You know, dear children, that God grants special graces in prayer… So pray that God’s blessing may protect each one of you from all the evil that is threatening you. (04/25/1987)
Let prayer be your life. Dear children, dedicate your time only to Jesus and he will give you everything that you seek. He will reveal himself to you in fullness. (09/25/1987)
Pray, because in prayer each of you will be able to achieve complete love. (10/25/1987)
I am calling you to sincere prayer with the heart so that every prayer of yours may be an encounter with God. (12/25/1987)
Therefore, little children, set a time during the day when you can pray in peace and humility, and meet with God the Creator. (11/25/1988)
Pray that you may be open to everything that God is doing through you, and that you may be able to give thanks to God in your life, and rejoice over everything that he does through each individual. (01/25/1989)
Without unceasing prayer you cannot experience the beauty and greatness of the grace which God is offering to you. Therefore, little children, at all times fill your heart with even the smallest prayers. (02/25/1989)
Through prayer, little children, you obtain joy and peace. Through prayer you are richer in the mercy of God. Therefore, little children, let prayer be light for each one of you. Especially, I call you to pray for all those who are far from God, that they would be converted. Then our hearts will be richer because God will rule in the hearts of all people. Therefore, little children, pray, pray, pray. Let prayer begin to reign in the whole world. (08/25/1989)
Therefore, little children, pray and seek the will of God in your daily life. (04/25/1990)
Pray every day that your life would be good – for yourselves and for all those you meet. (09/25/1990)
Let each of you find time for prayer so that you discover God in prayer. I do not wish that you talk about prayer, but that you pray. (04/25/1991)
Pray, my dear little children, so that prayer becomes your daily food. (01/25/1992)
You talk and talk, but do not pray. Therefore, little children, decide for prayer. Only in this way will you be happy, and God will give you what you seek from him. (12/25/1993)
Only by means of prayer can we defeat evil and protect all that Satan wants to destroy in your life. (02/25/1994)
Therefore, little children, the more you pray the more will you belong to me and to my Son Jesus. (06/25/1994)
Dear children, today I invite you to decide to give time patiently for prayer. Little children, you cannot say that you are mine and that you have experienced conversion through my messages if you are not ready to give time to God every day. I am close to you and I bless you all. Little children, do not forget that if you do not pray you are not close to me, nor are you close to the Holy Spirit who leads you along the path to holiness. (07/25/1994)
Prayer is joy. Prayer is what the human heart desires. (11/25/1994)
I wish, dear children, that during this time you find a corner for personal prayer. I want to lead you towards prayer with the heart. Only in this way will you understand that your life is empty without prayer. You will discover the meaning of your life when you discover God in prayer. That is why, little children, open the door of your heart and you will understand that prayer is joy without which you cannot live. (07/25/1997)
Only with prayer, dear children, will your heart change, become better, and be more sensitive to God’s word. (01/25/1998)
Today, little children, I invite you to be with Jesus through prayer so that from a personal experience of prayer you may be able to discover the beauty of God’s creatures. You cannot speak or witness about prayer if you do not pray. That is why, little children, in the silence of the heart, remain with Jesus so that he may change and transform you with his love. (07/25/1998)
Today I invite you to come still closer to me through prayer… That is why, little children, pray, pray, pray, until your life becomes prayer. (08/25/1998)
Without prayer you do not have joy, or peace, or a future. (12/25/1998)
In a special way, little children, I call you to pray for the conversion of sinners, for those who pierce my heart and the heart of my Son Jesus with the sword of hatred and daily blasphemies. Let us pray, little children, for all those who do not wish to come to know the love of God, even though they are in the Church. Let us pray that they convert so that the Church may resurrect in love. (03/25/1999)
Little children, be strong and pray so that prayer may give you strength and joy. (06/25/1999)
Only through prayer will you become my apostles of peace in this unpeaceful world. (11/25/1999)
If you pray you are nearer to God, and he will lead you on the way to peace and salvation. (01/25/2000)
Little children, pray unceasingly until prayer becomes joy for you. (03/25/2000)
The one who prays is not afraid of the future. (06/25/2000)
I call you to prayer so that through prayer you put God in the first place. (11/25/2000)
This is a time of grace. Therefore pray, pray, pray until you comprehend God’s love for each of you. (02/25/2001)
Little children, prayer works miracles. (04/25/2001)
And you, do not be afraid, because the one who prays is not afraid of evil and has no hatred in his heart. (09/25/2001)
Open yourselves to prayer so that prayer becomes a need for you. (02/25/2002)
Dear children, do not tire of prayer. (06/25/2002, Ivanka)
Little children, believe that miracles can be performed by simple prayer. Through your prayer you open your heart to God, and he works miracles in your life. By looking at the fruits, your heart is filled with joy and gratitude to God for everything he does in your life – and through you in others also. Pray and believe, little children. God gives you graces and you do not see them. Pray and you will see them. (10/25/2002)
Especially now, in this time of grace, may your heart yearn for prayer. (11/25/2002)
Also today I call you to pray and fast for peace. As I have already been saying, and now say again to you, little children, by prayer and fasting alone even wars can be stopped. (02/25/2003)
Pray with the heart, little children, and do not lose hope – because God loves his creatures. (03/25/2003)
Renew your personal prayer, and in a special way ask the Holy Spirit that he helps you to pray with the heart. (05/25/2003)
In this time, little children, pray that Jesus be born in all hearts, especially in those who do not know him. (11/25/2003)
Pray, little children, in a special way for all those who have not come to know God’s love. Pray that their hearts may open and draw closer to my heart and the heart of my Son Jesus, so that we can transform them into people of peace and love. (01/25/2004)
In prayer, learn to love everything that is holy. (10/25/2004)
Pray, little children, for the unity of Christians, that all may be one heart. Unity will really be among you in as much as you would pray and forgive. Do not forget: love will conquer only if you pray and your heart will open. (01/25/2005)
Also today, I call you to fill your day with short and ardent prayers. When you pray, your heart is open and God loves you with a special love and gives you special graces. (07/25/2005)
Peace is a gift which God gives you in prayer. (05/25/2006)
Only in prayer will you be near to me and my Son, and you will see how short this life is. In your heart a desire for Heaven will be born. Joy will begin to rule in your heart, and prayer will begin to flow like a river. In your words there will only be thanksgiving to God for having created you, and the desire for holiness will become a reality for you. (08/25/2006)
May prayer be for you like the air you breathe in, and not a burden. Little children, God will reveal his love to you, and you will experience the joy that you are my beloved. God will bless you and give you an abundance of grace. (07/25/2007)
May your day be interwoven with little ardent prayers for all those who have not come to know God’s love. (02/25/2008)
Dear children! You are running, working, gathering – but without blessing. You are not praying! (12/25/2008)
May prayer be for you like the seed that you will put in my heart, which I will hand over to my Son Jesus for you, for the salvation of your souls. (01/25/2009)
May this time be a time of personal prayer for you. During the day, find a place where you will pray joyfully in a recollected way. (08/25/2010)
Begin and end the day with prayer with the heart. (07/25/2011)
Dear children! At this time, in a special way I call you: pray with the heart. Little children, you speak much but pray little. (02/25/2012)
May prayer become a need for you to grow more in holiness every day. (03/25/2012)
If you pray, little children, you are with me and you are seeking the will of my Son and living it. Be open and live prayer, and at every moment may it be for you the savour and joy of your soul. (06/25/2012)
Dear children! Today I call you to be strong and resolute in faith and prayer, until your prayers are so strong as to open the Heart of my beloved Son Jesus. Pray little children, pray without ceasing until your heart opens to God’s love. (05/25/2013)
The fruit of prayer will be seen on the faces of the people who have decided for God and his Kingdom. (12/25/2013)
Dear children! Pray, pray, pray for the radiance of your prayer to have an influence on those whom you meet. (01/25/2014)
Pray, little children, so that you may comprehend who you are and where you need to go. Be carriers of the good news and be people of hope. Be love for all those who are without love. Little children, you will be everything, and will achieve everything, only if you pray and are open to God’s will – to God who desires to lead you towards eternal life. (11/25/2014)
In this time of grace I call all of you: pray more and speak less. In prayer seek the will of God and live it ac-cording to the commandments to which God calls you. (02/25/2015)
Pray and believe in the power of prayer. (05/25/2015)
May prayer be life to you. Only in this way will your heart be filled with peace and joy. God will be near you and you will feel him in your heart as a friend. You will speak with him as with someone whom you know. (09/25/2016)
Dear children! Today, I desire to thank you for your perseverance and call you to open yourselves to profound prayer. (06/25/2017)