Even if no command to pray had existed, our very weakness would have suggested it.
Above all, live in the present moment and God will give you all the grace you need.
If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.
Little opportunities should be improved.
The most essential point is lowliness.
God is our true Friend, who always gives us the counsel and comfort we need. Our danger lies in resisting Him; so it is essential that we acquire the habit of hearkening to His voice, or keeping silence within, and listening so as to lose nothing of what He says to us.