The world has no meaning other than as a field of dialogue between God and humans. Through their actions, people participate in God's creative work in the world. And through their prayers, they seek His intervention. Through their prayers, people express their belief that God's freedom intervenes in the world for their own good. Through their prayers, they express the conviction that humans are not mere cogs in the machinery of nature. Through their prayers, they express God's special care for humans...
However, prayer also manifests and activates human liberation from passions and from oneself...
Prayer is the elevation of humans above themselves. Only by surpassing oneself, by surpassing what is considered freedom of choice, can humans escape from nature and death.