Catechism of the Catholic Church
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2697 Prayer is the life of the new heart. It ought to animate us at every moment. But we tend to forget him who is our life and our all. This is why the Fathers of the spiritual life in the Deuteronomic and prophetic traditions insist that prayer is a remembrance of God often awakened by the memory of the heart "We must remember God more often than we draw breath." 1 But we cannot pray "at all times" if we do not pray at specific times, consciously willing it These are the special times of Christian prayer, both in intensity and duration.
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PART FOUR: CHRISTIAN PRAYER |
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SECTION ONE: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE |
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1 St. Gregory of Nazianzus, Orat. theo., 27, 1, 4: PG 36, 16.
English Translation of the Cathechism of the Catholic Church for the United States of America © 1997, United States Catholic Conference, Inc.
