Catechism Paragraph 2650
Part 4:
CHRISTIAN PRAYER
Section 1: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Chapter 2: THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
Section 1: PRAYER IN THE CHRISTIAN LIFE
Chapter 2: THE TRADITION OF PRAYER
Prayer cannot be reduced to the spontaneous outpouring of interior impulse: in order to pray, one must have the will to pray. Nor is it enough to know what the Scriptures reveal about prayer: one must also learn how to pray. Through a living transmission (Sacred Tradition) within "the believing and praying Church,"[1] The Holy Spirit teaches the children of God how to pray.
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