Praying isn't filling every silence

With someone you know very well, a look can say what an explanation would spoil. Something similar happens in prayer: there comes a moment when there's no need to keep saying sentences. Silence in prayer can feel uncomfortable, because it seems you aren't doing anything. So you look for another reading, another request or some emotion to confirm that the time is working. But being present is also doing something. Keeping silent before God isn't forcing your mind to go blank: it's looking at him, acknowledging a simple truth and letting your heart calm down. The words will come back when they're needed.