George A. Maloney, quoted in Christian Teachings on the Practice of Prayer From the Early Church to the Present, ed. Lorraine Kisly. Boston: New Seeds, 2006, p.136.
For a person who has begun the inner journey into the heart, true prayer should no longer be a thing to do, an activity before God. It should become more and more a state of standing before God’s loving presence, totally emptied of self, total gift to God. In complete nudity of spirit, in complete formlessness, without words, but with the “passionless passion” of the total true self, we grow daily in oneness with the triune God . . . Prayer of the heart becomes the unremitting consciousness of God’s abiding presence deep within us. It brings about the state of restfulness, tranquility, the quelling of all inordinate movements and desires, passions and thoughts within us.
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Loving God, help me to stand before your loving presence, resting in your lovingness until I become fully loving myself. Help me to let go of all that is not you, living in nudity of spirit, stripped of all that is not necessary. Please be with me on the journey into the heart, living into the center that is you.
Oh dear God, Help me still to become naked in Your presence with a smile.
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