Chapter II.

That God summons, lures, drives, and admonishes all people to pray and promises a certain hearing.

In the second week, practice also in this contemplation before you say your Our Father: The "Vater Unser" or Lord's Prayer in the morning; and seek the testimony of the Scripture, read also the little prayer book alongside it, and begin thus:

O Lord God and Father, how kind You are; You not only know my need and see all my words, thoughts, and speech before I pray, but You also drive, lure, and admonish me to prayer for my great benefit and blessing, so that I shall undoubtedly be heard by You. For thus says Christ in John 16: "Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in my name, He will give it to you." And Matthew 7 and Luke 11: "Ask, seek, knock; the Father will give you no stone, nor a scorpion, but rather the Holy Spirit." And in Luke 18, we are admonished to persist in prayer through a parable of a widow original: "Wittib" who seeks help from an unjust judge.

O kind God, I recognize that You drive me to prayer for the very reason that I may see how You are a thousand times more ready to give; and