“First increase your prayer, not by quantity but by consistency; pray with regularity and then you may strive for ceaseless rememberance of God. Strive to pray with warmth of heart, if it seems false–as if empty structures are being born from your lips in the form of words–pause and ask for help! Prayer is an act of communion with God and no mere formality.”
“Pray adopting the words of our holy forebears, as an act of trust, and ask of the Holy Spirit to activate those very words within you. Only by the activity of the Holy Spirit can we come to know the meaning of our prayers in speaking and chanting them. Oh, how difficult it is for someone so weak as me to pray with mindfulness–so immature is my action but so God-given is my desire!”
