Offhandedly, in talking about praying with the love of Jesus meaning more than glibly spouting off words, this quote was used:
Si cor non orat, in vanum lingua laborat.
"If the heart does not pray, then the tongue labors in vain."
St. Bernadine of Siena is reputed to have said this. These words are over the entrance to one of the four Franciscan hermitages in the Rieti Valley in Italy. St. Francis established four hermitages in this beautiful Italian village, in the shape of a cross.
The Lord says:
"These people come near to me with their mouth
and honor me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me.
Their worship of me
is made up only of rules taught by men..."
Isaiah 29: 13
