"Prayer is not simply talking to God. It is also listening. True prayer is an entrance into communion with the Holy One. Do not be afraid of silence. In the quiet, you can hear God better. Prayer is not the moving of the lips. It is the moving of the spirit. Prayer is not the lifting of a voice. It is the lifting of a soul. Prayer is not the spending of time. It is passing beyond time.
Choose an occasion when you can be alone with God as long as both of you require. You must take as long as you need, but also as long as God needs. A great saint once said that often we must spend a length of time in prayer to get ourselves ready to pray. To truly enter into prayer is to meet God spiritually and to receive his presence in such a way that he is even more real than if you could touch him with both hands." - Joe Misko
