In touch with the Holy Trinity (Michael Casey, OCSO)

Prayer… is entering the unseen reality of our lives.  It is allowing ourselves to experience the mystery in which we are. […] In bringing us to the reality of our life, prayer also introduces us to the reality of God’s life.  We are put in touch with the persons of the Holy Trinity, not through words but at a deeper level.  We feel that we are from the Father and that our whole life is a journey toward God.  We discover a sense of solidarity with the Word, in our being bonded with the person of Jesus and in our union with all the saints.  We experience the presence of the Holy Spirit, inciting us to good, turning our thoughts to God, directing our actions, supplying for our weakness, and, like a homing beacon for an incoming play, guiding our steps toward the very heart of God. Divorced from this global vision, prayer does not make much sense. 

--Michael Casey, OCSO, 
Toward God:  The Ancient Wisdom of Western Prayer (p.8)

Image source:  Pierre Mignard, dome, Val de Grâce, Paris, France