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PROPOS of  the  Apostleship  of  Prayer,  a few  words  on  continual  prayer  will  not be out  of  place. The Gospel  says:  "  We  must always  pray  and  not  faint,"  and  St. Paul exhorts us  'Ho  pray  without  ceasing."  What does  this  mean?  The  Gospel  seems  to  enjoin continual  prayer.  How  can  we  "pray without ceasing"?  We  can  not  be  always engaged  in  either  vocal  or  oriental  prayer. Father  Grou,  S.J.,  has  a  chapter  on  this  subject in  his  book  "How  to  Pray."  He  says: "The  words  of  the  Gospel  ought  to  have opened our  eyes  to  see  the  necessity  of  another kind  of  prayer,  which  is  of  such  a  nature that every  Christian  can  apply  himself  to  it continually. And what  is  this  prayer? It is the  essential,  the  most  absolutely  necessary part of  prayer,  that  which  alone  draws  God's attention  on  us,  that  which  gives  value  to  all the rest;  in  one  word,  it  is  the  prayer  of  the heart. This can  be  made  without  any  interruption. No other  can. So it  is  evidently this  that  is  of  precept,  and  there  is no  need  of  making  any  restriction  of  which  the words do  not  seem  to  admit. It is  the  prayer of the  heart,  unknown  to  the  Jews,  for  which Jesus Christ  upbraids  them,  and  that  God