Extracts from the Dux Spiritualis by the Venerable Louis de Ponte SJ
Page 61. ... ... there is our ignorance, because we know not how to pray as we ought [Romans viii, 26].
Although we may learn in general from the Lord's Prayer what we ought to ask, yet we are ignorant what we ought to ask for on this or that particular occasion; Christ might often say to us what he said to the sons of Zebedee: Ye know not what ye ask [St Matthew xx, 22].
Much more are we ignorant of the form and manner of prayer; not so much its theory as its practice.
All this moves the Holy Spirit to have compassion on our infirmity, and if only we let Him, He delights to enter our hearts, and so to help and teach us, that He may be said to ask for us [Romans viii, 26] more than we ask for ourselves.
He will teach us what to ask, and will inspire and assist us to do it by His holy lights and efficacious inspirations, which are all-powerful to resist the evil spirits and overcome all the obstacles which hinder our prayer.
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