Catechism Paragraph 2654
Part 4:
CHRISTIAN PRAYER
Section 1: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Chapter 2: THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
Article 1: AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER
Section 1: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Chapter 2: THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
Article 1: AT THE WELLSPRINGS OF PRAYER
The spiritual writers, paraphrasing Matthew 7:7, summarize in this way the dispositions of the heart nourished by the word of God in prayer "Seek in reading and you will find in meditating; knock in mental prayer and it will be opened to you by contemplation."[5]
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[5]
Guigo the Carthusian, Scala Paradisi: PL 40, 998.