On the altar of our hearts we can offer everything—and if we offer little it is because we are still “of little faith”—but the Spirit will transform only what we offer to him. This is the mysterious synergy of prayer: that the more our will is submissive to that of the Father, the more the Father does our will! That is the prayer of the saints, because from the moment that he assumed a human will that is how the Lord Jesus prayed. It is in the epiclesis of the heart that all Christian holiness is determined at its source, namely, the straightened yet confident and resolute faith of sinners who resign their own wills into the hands of the Father and thus draw down the superabundant gift of a love that is poured out in their hearts. The more the heart is stripped of all attachments, the more it is filled by the Spirit: the more humble and trusting the silence, the more the name of Jesus expands it with its presence.
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From The Wellspring of Worship by Jean Corbon (pages 212-213)
Class: Introduction to the Sacraments and Worship
