Imperfect Prayer

"[God] knows us for what we are, and it is just this gift and no other that he so longingly awaits. Our mental prayer might be nothing but this; a quiet waiting at His feet, adoring Him in wordless manner. There will be noise, distraction and, alas, sin; we gather all of it together and lift it up to God. There may be no pleasure, no spiritual delight. Good, just so is God loved."

Dom Patrick Dalton, O.S.B. from "Prayer" in Singing God's Praises p. 331