When we pray, all our care should be focused on filling our souls with such emotion that when the tongue speaks in prayer, and the ear hears that prayer, and the body prostrates itself, the heart will not be found empty - but will be moved towards God by its emotion.
When such feelings are present, our prayer is prayer. When they are absent, it is not yet prayer.
St. Theophan the Recluse
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