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=====Mental or meditational prayer===== Mental prayer is a form of [[prayer]] "performed without aid of any particular formula."{{sfnp|Simler|2009}} It is distinguished from vocal prayers, "prayers performed by means of a given formula",{{sfnp|Simler|2009}} Prayer is mental when the thoughts and affections of the soul are not expressed in a previously determined formula.<ref group=web>[http://www.ewtn.com/library/SPIRIT/MENTAL.TXT Leen, Edward, ''Progress Through Mental Prayer'']</ref> According to Teresa of Ávila, mental prayer is meditational prayer, in which the person is like a gardener, who, with much labour, draws the water up from the depths of the well to water the plants and flowers.{{sfnp|Wynne|1911}}{{sfnp|Lehodey|1912|p=13}} According to Teresa of Avila, mental prayer can proceed by using vocal prayers in order to improve dialogue with God.{{sfnp|Teresa of Ávila|2007|p=141}} According to Lehodey, mental prayer can be divided into meditation, more active in reflections, and contemplation, more quiet and gazeful.{{sfnp|Lehodey|1912|p=5}}
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