Do I want to pray or only to think about my human problems? Do I want to pray or simply kneel there contemplating my sorrow? Do I want to direct my prayer toward God or let it direct itself towards me?
The soul hardly ever realizes it, but whether he is a believer or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.
What the soul hardly realizes is that, unbeliever or not, his loneliness is really a homesickness for God.
