Prayer of Quiet, Prayer of the Heart, also called the Prayer of Silent Love, is a mystical prayer of Silence.
· Silent Love of Contemplation is a prayer of our entire selves desiring to be in union with our Creator. Sitting in silence is just being with and loving God as we await the manifestation of God’s presence.
o It is what we do….to be
· Infused Contemplation in particular in the Carmelite Christian tradition, by using the term infused, is one in which we come to experience a gift from God of His grace in which we are lifted up into a state experiencing the mystical union.
o It is what God does to us….
§ We may or may not be given the gift of infusement, yet sitting and waiting in His presence is enough of a gift.