To descend into the heart
Posted by Pelgrim on May 5th, 2009
“To pray is to descend with the mind into the heart,
and there to stand before the face of the Lord,
ever-present, all seeing, within you.”
- Theophan the Recluse
Quoted in Foster, Richard J. Meditative Prayer. Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 1983.