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Contemplative Prayer<\/h1>\n

[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”e227d95c-fbbf-4866-a7d7-e7b549511623″ text_font=”||||||||” header_text_color=”#2789C3″ header_line_height=”1.1em” header_2_font=”Roboto|300|||||||” header_2_font_size=”50px” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” text_orientation=”justified” max_width=”700px” max_width_tablet=”” max_width_phone=”” max_width_last_edited=”on|desktop” module_alignment=”center” header_2_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_2_font_size_phone=”32px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\u201c To pray is to become aware of God’s loving gaze upon oneself, to open oneself through faith to His creative, regenerating, divinizing, beatifying action. Then arises in the soul the love of God, charity. <\/em> \u201d
\nHenri Caffarel, Cahiers sur l’oraison, no. 197<\/cite>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/mediadoc\/2025\/12\/fond-inverse-bas.png” custom_padding=”50px|50px||50px” custom_padding_tablet=”50px|50px||50px” custom_padding_phone=”20px|20px||20px||true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.henri-caffarel.org\/mediadoc\/2026\/01\/oraison.jpg” title_text=”prayer” align_tablet=”center” align_phone=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”4.27.5″ _module_preset=”default” animation_style=”zoom” animation_intensity_zoom=”10%” box_shadow_style=”preset1″ box_shadow_vertical=”32px” box_shadow_blur=”100px” box_shadow_color=”rgba(0,0,0,0.15)” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”About” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off” collapsed=”on” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text quote_border_color=”#0077b6″ _builder_version=”4.27.7″ _module_preset=”2c55a9c4-feed-423b-9edb-ae0b5b365cac” text_text_color=”#3c3a47″ text_line_height=”1.75em” link_font=”|Proza Libre_weight|||||||” link_text_color=”#03045e” quote_font=”Cormorant Garamond|Cormorant Garamond_weight|||||||” quote_text_color=”#0e0c19″ header_text_color=”#0e0c19″ header_font_size=”72px” header_line_height=”1.15em” header_2_line_height=”1.2em” header_3_font=”Cormorant Garamond|Cormorant Garamond_weight|||||||” header_3_text_color=”#0e0c19″ header_3_font_size=”32px” header_3_line_height=”1.3em” header_4_font=”Cormorant Garamond|Cormorant Garamond_weight|||||||” header_4_text_color=”#0e0c19″ header_4_font_size=”24px” header_5_font=”Cormorant Garamond|Cormorant Garamond_weight|||||||” header_5_text_color=”#0e0c19″ header_5_font_size=”18px” header_5_line_height=”1.4em” header_6_font=”Cormorant Garamond|Cormorant Garamond_weight|||||||” header_6_text_color=”#0e0c19″ header_6_line_height=”1.5em” text_font_size_tablet=”15px” text_font_size_phone=”14px” header_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_font_size_phone=”24px” header_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_2_font_size_tablet=”28px” header_2_font_size_phone=”20px” header_3_font_size_tablet=”22px” header_3_font_size_phone=”17px” header_3_font_size_last_edited=”on|phone” header_4_font_size_tablet=”18px” header_4_font_size_phone=”15px” header_4_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” header_5_font_size_tablet=”15px” header_5_font_size_phone=”14px” header_5_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_6_font_size_tablet=”13px” header_6_font_size_phone=”13px” header_6_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n

“I owe everything in my life to prayer.”<\/em><\/h2>\n

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“I would like you to believe that when you go to pray privately you are expected: expected by the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, expected by the Trinity. <\/em>“<\/p>\n

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