Frequency in
prayer creates a habit of prayer, which quickly becomes second nature, and
which frequently brings the nous and the heart to a higher spiritual state. It
is the only way to reach the height of true and pure prayer. It constitutes the
best means of effective preparation for prayer and the surest road for one to
reach the destination of prayer and salvation.
Each one of
us is able to acquire interior prayer—that is, to make it a means of
communication with the Lord. It does not cost anything except the effort to
plunge into silence and into the depths of our heart, and the care to call upon
the name of our sweetest Jesus Christ as often as possible, which fills one
with elation. Plunging into ourselves and examining the world of our soul give
us the opportunity to know what a mystery man is, to feel the delight of
self-knowledge and to shed bitter tears of repentance for our falls and the
weakness of our will.
Selected from the letters and homilies of
Elder Ephraim of Arizona
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