Herbert McCabe (1926-2001)
Trace your distraction back to the real desires it comes from and pray about these.
When you are praying for what you really want you will not be distracted. People on sinking ships do not complain of distractions during their prayer.
– Herbert McCabe, English theologian
God, Christ and Us, pg. 187 (a compilation of twenty-seven sermons of the famous English theologian Herbert McCabe London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005). Quoted in Philip Yancey’s book, Prayer (Kindle Locations 4039-4041). Zondervan. Kindle Edition
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