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If we are to be in relationship with God, daily prayer is absolutely essential. You're not in a real or deep relationship with someone with whom you don't often speak. This is a simple and obvious fact of life. However, many of us have probably tried to develop a life of prayer only to find that we quickly run out of things to say.
St. Paul tells us that the Holy Spirit provides for our failings in the life of prayer. In Romans 8:26 he says, "the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words." Even if you're a great saint like the apostle Paul, weakness is inherent in us. If we think that we can succeed on our own in the life of prayer, we're kidding ourselves.
Because we've received the Holy Spirit, we can achieve the kind of intimacy with God that is too deep for words. We have to muster up a bit of courage and perseverance in the life of prayer, but the real intimacy of our relationship with God is not based on whether we have the most eloquent words, but rather: on our dependance on the Holy Spirit.
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