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Prayer

 
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If our whole life is a striving for intimate communion with God, there are certain times when this quest is intensified. The two hours of quiet, personal prayer, one in the morning and another in the evening, offer an undisturbed space where we open our minds and hearts to God. It is a time when we remain in loving attentiveness to God's presence. In the words of Teresa, ‘prayer is an intimate sharing between friends, a frequent lingering in solitude, with the One Who we know loves us.’
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