“A powerful aid in preserving recollection is the remembrance of the presence of God. Not only does it conduce to recollection of the spirit, but is is also one of the most effective means of advancing in the spiritual life; it helps us to avoid sin; it spurs us on in the practice of virtue, and it brings about an intimate union of the soul with God...St. Thomas says: “If we thought of the presence of God at all times we should never, or very seldom, do anything to displease Him.” According to St. Jerome, the recollection of God’s presence closes the door on all sins….Men fall into sin because they lose sight of the presence of God. “The cause of all evil,“ says St. Teresa, “lies in the fact that we do not think of the presence of God, but imagine Him far away from us.”….Another beautiful practice is that of seeing God in His creatures” ―St. Alphonsus