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Prayer is probably the easiest and, at the same time, the most complicated thing. Many saints have expressed that prayer is simply speaking to God. St Thérèse of Lisieux famously said, “For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love.” The YouCat says, “Prayer is turning the heart toward God. When a person prays, he enters into a living relationship with God.” (469) When prayer is explained like this, it seems fairly simple.
Why then can it be so hard for some of us to pray?
If prayer is a “living relationship with God,” it requires a give and take, as all relationships do. We must not only speak and share our hearts. We need to be able to listen and receive the Lord’s heart. In a conversation, we normally listen with our ears to the words being said and also with our eyes for body language. In prayer, we are not able to listen with our physical ears and eyes. We must learn to listen with the “ears” and “eyes” of our hearts, which is where the Lord speaks.
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