St. Prosper of Aquitaine: On prayer

“He who asks of God in faith things needful for this life is sometimes mercifully heard and sometimes mercifully not heard. For the Physician knows better than the patient what will avail for a sick man.”

~St. Prosper of Aquitaine (c. 390 – c. 455): Sententiae ex Augustino delibatae, 212.

The Angelus, by Jean-François Millet.

Oil on canvas, 1859-60; Musée d'Orsay, Paris.