CCC 2654
Christian Prayer›SECTION ONE PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE›CHAPTER TWO THE TRADITION OF PRAYER›Article 1 AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER
The spiritual writers, paraphrasing Matthew 7:7, summarize in this way the dispositions of the heart nourished by the word of God in prayer "Seek in reading and you will find in meditating; knock in mental prayer and it will be opened to you by contemplation." The Liturgy of the Church
Footnotes
- Guigo the Carthusian, Scala Paradisi: PL 40, 998.
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