God's Presence

[T]here is no more powerful means for bridling the passions and overcoming temptations than the thought of God's holy presence. St. Thomas says: "If at all times we were mindful of the presence of God we would displease Him very seldom." And St. Jerome remarks that the thought of the presence of God closes the door to sin. St. Teresa says that all our faults arise from not thinking of God as present to us, but imagining Him far away.