The Vessel of Prayer

As I prayed, I saw a vessel, truly clean and beautiful.
It was shining like pure gold, and someone was polishing it diligently.

“So that it could hold the prayers you offer to God,
I told an angel to polish the vessel clean.
But you are not praying, and so the vessel sits empty.
What good is a vessel that is only clean?
Only when you fill the vessel with prayer will you have something to share with thirsty souls.
Pray, with a heart that pities souls.
Even when people cause you loss,
you must pray with a heart that pities that soul.
If you pray and fill the vessel, I will do all the rest of the work.”