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Prayer becomes more meaningful as we counsel with the Lord in all of our doings, as we express heartfelt gratitude, and as we pray for others.

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us; the hearing of the word and prayer.

Prayer is where the action is.

Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'.

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.

Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.

Our calling is not just within the walls of the congregation, but we are part of the life and community in which our condition resides.

Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you.

Prayer in private results in boldness in public.

My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.