“Lord, I don’t know how to pray”
If you really want to be a penitent soul - both penitent and cheerful - you must above all stick to your daily periods of prayer, which should be fervent, generous and not cut short. And you must make sure that those minutes of prayer are not done only when you feel the need, but at fixed times, whenever it is possible. Don't neglect these details. If you subject yourself to this daily worship of God, I can assure you that you will be always happy. (Furrow, 994)
“To pray is to talk with God. But about what?”
You write: 'To pray is to talk with God. But about what?' About what? About Him, about yourself: joys, sorrows, successes and failures, noble ambitions, daily worries, weaknesses! And acts of thanksgiving and petitions: and Love and reparation. In a word: to get to know him and to get to know yourself: 'to get acquainted!' (The Way, 91)
“Christ is also living now.”
Live your life close to Christ. You should be another character in the Gospel, side by side with Peter, and John, and Andrew. For Christ is also living now: Iesus Christus, heri et hodie, ipse et in saecula! – Jesus Christ lives! Today, as yesterday, he is the same, for ever and ever. (The Forge, 8)
"Do whatever he tells you"
Gospel for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C) and commentary.
Thursday's Gospel: Ask! Seek! Knock!
Gospel for Thursday in the 27th Week of Ordinary Time, and commentary.
Saturday's Gospel: Persevering in Prayer
Gospel for Saturday in the 32nd Week of Ordinary Time, and commentary.
Thursday's Gospel: The Doorbell on God's Door
Gospel for Thursday in the 1st Week of Lent, and commentary.