--- title: Articles – Church Life Journal | charleskestermeiersj description: charleskestermeiersj | --- Search [![churchlife](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Churchlife_Aug2016_Theme/Images/church-life-journal-white-horizontal-1.png)](http://churchlife.nd.edu/) - [Essays](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/essays) - [Articles](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles) - [Blog](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/blog-post) - [Contributors](http://churchlife.nd.edu/contributors/) All posts filed under: ARTICLES [![](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Kestermeier-crop-1.jpg)](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/08/22/prayer-heart-to-heart) ## [Prayer Heart to Heart](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/2016/08/22/prayer-heart-to-heart) Published by [Charles Kestermeier, SJ](https://mcgrathblog.nd.edu/category/articles/author/charles-kestermeier-sj) The *Baltimore Catechism* (1891) says, “What is prayer? Prayer is the lifting up of our minds and hearts to God” (§1099). I believe that these words, taken by themselves, are the heart and soul of what prayer is, but since prayer can take many forms we might look at two of the ways that people pray. 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