Do we feel when we pray like we’re conjuring up something, trying to make something happen? But when we see God rightly, as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in an intimate, flowing love relationship, we begin to see that prayer does not have its origins in us. It’s something we’re being drawn into, something that has been going on since before the foundation of the world. We don’t add to it, as if there was a lack in God. We participate with them in it, this beautiful gift of love, and what we add is ourselves, our participation.