Without prayer the soul suffocates.Through prayer I live in you Lord.I live in you as a baby in its mother’s womb with its breath united to hers and its heart beating in rhythm with hers … Lord Jesus, you are my model. The Gospel portrays you as praying an entire night on the mountain. You prayed before working your miracles, before choosing your Apostles, and during the Last Supper. You prayed as you sweat blood in the Garden of Gethsemane; you prayed during your agony on the Cross. …Your existence was one continuous prayer.                                Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan   Prayers for L