“‘Prayer is God poured into our hearts"

Without doubt, prayer is the most noble, the most glorious function a human being can perform in this world. Prayer confers on us a sublime grandeur. Not only does prayer put us in touch with all that is true, beautiful and holy in heaven and on earth, but it also makes us enjoy God’s friendship, God’s most tender effusions, God’s most intimate secrets. Prayer is God coming down to us when invoked; it is God poured forth, infused into our hearts, to use St. Augustine’s beautiful expression; it is God, our Creator, our Father, our Redeemer, our friend, our brother, who sees us and listens to us, who smiles graciously at our homage and our love. (Scalabrini)