Catechism of the Catholic Church · Part Four › Section One · Chapter Two (§§2650–2696)
Contents
- Article 1 · At the Wellsprings of PrayerArticle · §§2652–2662
- Article 2 · The Way of PrayerArticle · §§2663–2682
- Article 3 · Guides for PrayerArticle · §§2683–2696
Paragraphs · 2
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The Tradition of Prayer
- §2650 — Prayer cannot be reduced to the spontaneous outpouring of interior impulse: in order to pray, one must have the will to pray. Nor is it enough to know what the Scriptures reveal about prayer: one must also learn how to pray.vatican.va
- §2651 — The tradition of Christian prayer is one of the ways in which the tradition of faith takes shape and grows, especially through the contemplation and study of believers who treasure in their hearts the events and words of the economy of salvation, and through their profound grasp of the spiritual realities they experience.vatican.va