Prayer; a Supernatural Act

Because prayer is indeed a supernatural act,
a movement of spirit toward Spirit, it is an
act in which the natural creature can never
begin or complete of itself. Though it seems
to come by one's own free choice that one
lifts the soul toward God, it is in truth this
all-penetrating God, Who by His secret humble
pressure stirs us to make this first movement
of will and love."

- Evelyn Underhill [20th C.],
The Golden Sequence