The novice asked the Elder: “Father, tell me, what is the best prayer?” “The best prayer,” answered the Elder “ is when you leave the cell and see that a person needs help, and you leave your path and help him, and the Lord will not leave you! And if you pass by, then no prayer will help you, my son! Prayer itself comes to the heart that knows how to love.”
Our lives are a prayer to God if we have chosen to die – to be forgotten both in our own eyes and in the eyes of others. Once we are gone, God will do amazing things. Our lives will rise like incense to Him through every action, every thought, every desire.
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