Garrigou-Lagrange on loving God through remembrance

Fr Garrigou-Lagrange was a famous Dominican professor of Thomism at the Angelicum in Rome. He oversaw Pope St John Paul II when he did his doctoral dissertation on St John of the Cross. 

He emphasised the importance of contemplative and mystical prayer as normative for all Christians and not just for spiritually elite cloistered monks and nuns which was often what people were taught. This quote from him emphasises the importance of mental prayer and the remembrance of God. The more we think about God the more we will know and love Him 🙏 this is why it is important to have little prayers or scripture passages to say during the day to remind ourselves of God’s Presence at all times.