Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of…

C. S. Lewis
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Prayer in the sense of petition, asking for things, is a small part of it; confession and penitence are its threshold, adoration its sanctuary, the presence and vision and enjoyment of God its bread and wine. ✨ C. S. Lewis (2002). The World's Last Night: And Other Essays, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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