The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
―Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
―Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity