What did St. Theresa of Àvila mean by the "Prayer of Recollection"?
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St. Teresa explains it very well, but see Juan G. Arintero, O.P., Mystical Evolution ch. 4:
[Prayer of recollection is] an infused type of prayer and is far superior to the prayer which is acquired by our own efforts and diligence. Human industry is powerless to attain it; God gives it when He wishes and as He wishes. Yet we should not on that account refrain from disposing ourselves to receive it and we should not harden our hearts when privileged to hear the divine invitation. For the soul makes more progress and is more illumined during a single moment of that type of prayer than during entire years spent in profound and prolonged considerations.
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