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 means to  pray  according  to  His  manner  and  in His  spirit.

We now  proceed  to  explain  the  qualities  of  true prayer:

1. Devotion. — What  is  meant  by  devotion  in prayer? Devotion in  prayer  means:  (a)  that  our prayer must  be  attentive;  that  is,  the  person  praying must  direct  his  thoughts  as  uninterruptedly as possible  to  his  prayer,  viz.,  to  the  formula  he uses  to  state  the  object  of  his  desires,  and  above all to  God,  to  whom  his  prayer  is  directed. (b) The  person  praying  must  know  and  acknowledge his  own  needs,  and  that  of  himself  he  has no claims  whatsoever  on  God,  and  thus  engender in himself  sentiments  of  true  humility,  (c)  These sentiments must,  moreover,  embrace  reverence  for God and  the  acknowledgment  of  dependence  on Him,  thus  giving  to  prayer  the  character  of  piety. (d) All  this  must  culminate  in  full  abandonment to God,  the  Giver  of  all  good  things. This abandonment is  an  essential  part  of  our  divine  cult.

As to  the  question  whether  devotion,  and  what grade of  it,  is  necessary  in  prayer,  and  whether prayer without  it  loses  its  entire  efficacy,  and  especially its  imploring  efficiency,  it  is  evident  that prayer without  devotion  is  ineffective;  it  is  simulation. An example  of  this,  that  is,  of  a  man  pretending to  pray  and  not  praying  in  reality,  is  given  us in  the  parable  of  the  Pharisee  and  the  Publican