But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
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Chromatius of Aquileia
AD 407
Nonbelievers think that they can more easily obtain from the Lord what they require by using many words, but the Lord does not expect this from us. Rather, he wants us to send up our prayers not with wordy speech but with faith that comes from the heart. By doing so we command the merits of justice to him. He surely knows better all the things of which we have need and before we speak is aware of everything that we are going to request. .
