This is the prayer of love whose level is higher than that of request

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III







This is the prayer of love whose level is higher than that of request. In it you pray and might not ask for anything...
Your prayer could be thanksgiving for what God has given you. You thank Him for taking care of you, looking after you, for His protection, assistance and all His benevolence for you, your friends and all your dear ones... And your prayer could be praising God, like the prayer of the Seraphim
“Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of hosts; heaven and earth are full of Your glory” (Is 6:3).
Your prayer could be just contemplation on God’s beautiful attributes as in the prayers of the Liturgy according to St Gregory and as in many Psalms and Agpia prayers. And it was said by St Basil the Great: “Do not start your prayer by a request, lest it is thought that if it was not for the request, you would not have prayed.”