Vocal prayer . . . must be accompanied by reflection. A prayer in which a person is not aware of Whom he is speaking to, what he is asking, who it is who is asking and of Whom, I don't call prayer-however much the lips may move.
Saint Teresa (of Avila), Kieran Kavanaugh, Otilio Rodriguez, Stephen J. Connor (1997). “The Wisdom of Teresa of Avila: Selections from the Interior Castle”, p.33, Paulist Press
