“Prayer is no small bond of love for God, developing in us the habit of converse with him and encouraging the pursuit of wisdom.… We are, however, not as aware as we should be of the benefit of prayer, for the reason that we neither apply ourselves to it with attentiveness nor have recourse to it in accord with God’s laws.”
(St. John Chrysostom, commentaries)

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