By prayer I do not mean only the fixed Hours, the Hullale of the psalter and the liturgical hymns.

more than in all the other excellent things. | (This prayer) is occasioned by insights | and again is awed by (further) insights | and (so) turns to silence. | The person who has been (thus) illumined | looks into all God’s creation with the eye of the mind | and (sees there) God’s providence accompanying all things at all times | (he sees) the supernal care, filled with compassion | which visits creation unceasingly | sometimes under the aspect of adverse events | at others under the aspect of good. | And the grace of God reveals to this person the various kinds of events which are hidden from many people | events which the Creator employs as a wondrous means of assitance in each natural being | whether rational or not possessing a soul | (it reveals too) the unseen reasons behind (all) these vicissitudes which take place for everything | as a result of the provision of love appropriate for each | and that creating and guiding power which guides creation | with a care that is utterly astonishing. | 35.3, p. 152