Each word in that definition is important.
Prayer is conversational, thus there is a time to reflect, a time to speak and a time to listen.
Lastly, prayer is directed to God. We can pray spontaneously in our own words or use the words of others. Prayer happens anywhere and anytime that we decide to converse with our God. Prayer is an integral part of the life and ministry of the Sisters of Providence. Our foundress, Blessed Mother Theodore Guerin, constantly entrusted herself and her sisters to God in prayer.