This Lent on Friday evenings I am offering a teaching series called “The Wonder of Prayer.” It explores key facets of the prayer life. This is the fourth session.

The audio of the talk is above. The two parts of this second session are

* Review of Prayer and its Characteristics

* Types of Praying:

* Meditative

* Affective

* Contemplative

* Recollective

What is Prayer?

Combining the doctrines of prayer by S. John of Damascus and Father Martin Thornton yields a composite definition of prayer:

Prayer is spiritual activity: our lifting up of the heart and mind to the living God – anything we do which is conditioned by conscious relationship with Him, a relationship which is continuous, whether or not it is recognized or articulated.

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