What emerges from the authors cited is that his way is essentially the same-because it is always the same Lord of love working-in all the diverse temperaments and cultures on the face of the earth. Once we realize this, the primary need is not for more extensive reading about prayer, but for more intensive living of the life of prayer. In fact, at the risk of hurting the sales of my own book, I must say that the time eventually comes to stop reading and to start living.
