Vocal prayer, then, is both useful and necessary for all men without exception even for those who are soaring in the heights of contemplation. In reciting vocal prayers, we should strive to attend to the meaning of the words, appropriating it to ourselves with all possible fervor and earnestness. A few short vocal prayers well said are far more acceptable to God than a great many long ones recited without attention or fervor.
-- Fr. Girardey, CSSR, Popular Instructions on Prayer
With Grateful Acknowledgement for the Intercession of . . .
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