“We cannot reserve calling upon God only when we want or need something. No one wants to hear from a friend or relative only when that person wants something. How nice it is to hear from someone who says, “I was thinking of you and just wanted to hear your voice”…We need to do that with God. We need to call out to Him simply out of love. One of the most wonderful gifts that God has given us is the capacity to love. We love our parents, our children, our siblings, our spouses, our friends. We say that we love God, but do we really?”
(From the ‘Veil’ of the Protection of the Holy Virgin Orthodox Monastery)