The Nature and Use of Prayer

action activity answer appeal become believer Bremond C. S. Lewis Christ Christian mystics Christian prayer Church communion consider contemplation course created destiny dialogue divine divine grace E. V. Rieu element Eucharist example existence expression external fact faith Father fortiori freedom Gabriel Marcel gestures give God's gospel grace Greek Heiler holy Ibid idea idolatry implies intercession intercourse involved Jesus kind less liturgy mankind means mediator mind movement mystery mystical experience nature Neoplatonism never object oneself originality of Christian ourselves Paris passage person petition philosophers Plotinus possible pray prayer addressed prayer between human presence Prière prophetic prayer question realise reality reason reflexion religion religious request revelation sacraments saints Santayana sense silence Simone Weil soul spiritual writers St Augustine symbolical Testament thanksgiving theocentric things tion transcendence true vision vocative W. R. Inge whole words worship Yahweh Zeus