Metropolitan Anthony Bloom: Prayer contradicted by daily life becomes dead words

The post presents a statement by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom of Sourozh on the relationship between prayer and daily conduct. The metropolitan describes a pattern in which a person addresses God with sentimental discourses at both the beginning and the end of the day, while every action in the interval contradicts those prayers. He observes that this repetition has a cumulative effect: the more such prayers are offered, the more the words wear out and become dead.

The metropolitan identifies the cause as the lack of application and integration into life. He states that only application and integration into life can give prayer substance and intensity. The text is given in French as a direct quotation without additional commentary or discussion.