Prayer — the Breath of the Soul

The Holy Fathers teach us that prayer is "the breath of the soul." As the body cannot live without air, so the soul cannot grow without prayer.

Prayer does not mean using beautiful words — it means standing before God with an open heart, in humility and trust, as a child before his Father.

I urge you not to let a single day pass without morning and evening prayer, without reading a psalm or a passage from Holy Scripture.