Cornelius a Lapide on Prayer

Drops from a roof edge make ripples in a ceramic bowl on a stone ledge.
Prayer can be received before it is mastered.

The gift of prayer is an immense and incomprehensible grace of God.

Further reading

Cornelius a Lapide describes prayer first as a gift of God’s grace. Jacques Philippe’s Time for God offers a gentle introduction to mental prayer and to making room for that relationship in ordinary life.

Time for God by Jacques Philippe (second edition, paperback) on Amazon (paid link)