Chasing daylight.....The Simplicity of Prayer

"The practice of the Jesus Prayer is simple. Stand before the Lord with the attention in the heart, and call to Him: 'Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me!' The essential part of this is not in the words, but in faith, contrition, and self-surrender to the Lord. With these feelings one can stand before the Lord even without any words, and it will still be prayer."
(Theophan the Recluse)

Wonder if silence might actually be the deepest prayer there is - no words to limit the Holy Spirit?

Based on one of St. Paul's epistles, it has been stated by other theologians that prayer does not originate in us, but in the Holy Spirit praying through us. Stands to reason that perhaps the quicker we can extinguish all the words and move to silence, the quicker we are able to relinquish or surrender ourselves most fully to the work of the Holy Spirit!

And when we pray that God would make us "instruments of the faith", that ability is most clearly developed in and through us by God's preparation of us in the practice of prayer. Makes me wonder what we might actually be able to accomplish in Christ's Name if we took prayer seriously as the truest "Work of God".