..there are no tricks to prayer

Here are some encouraging remarks on prayer: http://www.leithart.com/archives/003369.php This week's Daily Devotional Guide begins with The Gothic Missal: "We beseech Thee, O Lord, mercifully to correct our wanderings, and by the guiding radiance of Thy compassion to bring us to the salutary vision of Thy truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen."