Just as incense is good and fragrant even on its own, but displays its fragrance properly when it comes in contact with fire, so it is with prayer. It is good even on its own, but it becomes even better and more fragrant when it is offered up with a warm and ardent soul, when the soul becomes a censer and is burning with fierce fire... First set your hear on fire by your eagerness, and then pray.
+St. John Chrysostom, from Homily 3 on Psalm 140.
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