“There is serious danger in restricting our prayer life to vocal prayer: we stand the risk of becoming victims of that vicious habit of sing-songing our prayers without actually contacting Christ. Furthermore, the true lover wishes to express his affection in his own words, and not rely on the “canned” sentiments of a spiritual writer. In meditation the soul is forced, as it were, to speak directly with Christ; there can be no hiding behind standardized formulae of prayer.”
