A mother should not be satisfied by giving her child a physical caress, but should also coddle it with the caress of prayer. ( St. Porphyrios )

A child needs to be surrounded by people who pray and pray ardently. A mother should not be satisfied by giving her child a physical caress, but should also coddle it with the caress of prayer.

In the depths of its soul the child senses the spiritual caress that its mother conveys to it and is drawn to her.

It feels security and certainty when its mother mystically embraces it with constant, intense and fervent prayer and releases it from whatever is oppressing it.

St. Porphyrios