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Prayer is a dialogue between God and a human being. Prayer is not a feeling; it’s opening the heart to God. In this talk, Monsignor Lavalley discusses what Jesus – the ultimate authority – says about prayer in Matthew’s Gospel.

In his third talk, Monsignor Lavalley distinguishes between two types of silence. One is just a void. The other is contemplation. It's preparing a place where God is in control. Embrace the silence, he urges, where God is in control.

In the second of a series on silent prayer, Monsignor Lavalley addresses our felt need to appear better than we are - even when we're alone with God. "You can't earn God's love," he says. "I'm going to repeat that. You can't earn God's love - because you already have it. The imposter does not need to exist in front of God."